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1800 BCE
Plimpton 322 (Ancient tablet)
An ancient tablet that has math written on it. The tablet was used for studies of triangles by findings based on ratios. It was first built with six columns and 38 rows. Some archaeologists think it may be à big trigonometry table based on exact computations. -
1700 BCE
Where Algebra Started
Ideas that are hit up in Algebra come from ancient Babylon about 2000 years before the common era. One of the founders of algebra was from there. -
1650 BCE
The Rihnd Papyrus
The Rhind Papyrus is à very old scroll that has à lot of different types of mathematical problems. This scroll dates back to 1650 BCE. It is located in the Brooklyn Museum in New York. The first page has 20 arithmetic problems and 20 algebraic problems. The second page tells you how to calculate the volume of rectangular and cylindrical granaries with pi. There are many other pages that teach you à lot of other mathematical problems and solutions. -
1551 BCE
The Word "Algebra"
The word “Algebra” was first used in 1551. This word originated from the arabic word, “al-jabr”. -
830 BCE
Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi
Al Khwarizmi created ways to balance and reduce an algebraic equation and introduced algorithms. Algorithms are rules or mathematical operations. He started using these terms of balancing equations and talking about math in à clear way. -
820 BCE
“Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing”
À Persian mathematician who wrote à book in 820 BCE on the origin of algebra, and the word it represents. The translation of the title in english is “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing”. The Persian mathematician lived in Baghdad. -
250
Diophantus
Diophantus was one of the founders of algebra that originated from Greece. Diophantus wrote 13 books called "Arithmetica". The books have problems and solutions that have carried algebra into further thinking. He was more focused on particular problems, not like Al Khwarizmi. -
600
Brahmagupta
À famous mathematician from India Brahmagupta, who explained how to find the cube and cube-root of an integer and made rules making the computation of squares and square roots easier. He also made the first rules for dealing with zero as à number. Besides being à mathematician, Brahmagupta was also an astronomer. -
810
Geber or Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan.
Other writers have found the root of the word from the Arabic particle al and Geber, meaning "man." Since Geber happened to be the name of a celebrated Moorish philosopher who prospered in knowledge in about the 11th or 12th century, people believed that he was the founder of algebra. Geber was not just a mathematician but was many other things than that. For example, Geber was a philosopher, a chemist, an astronomer, etc. -
Renee Descartes
À french philosopher, and mathematician. He moved to the Netherlands, where he spent most of his adult life, where he worked on his dream, to go deep into geometry and algebra. Descartes was able to allow the transformation of geometry into algebra.
