Algebra

:This article is about the branch of mathematics. For other uses of the term "algebra" from the Greek words gean ebrisko ??? ????? ???? ,= AL-GEBRA (calculations in earth surface) and Arabic AL see algebra (disambiguation).

History

The origins of algebra can be traced to the cultures of the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians who used an early type of algebra to solve linear, quadratic, and indeterminate equations more than 3,000 years ago.

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Ancient Egyptians - Babylonians - Linear - Quadratic

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Around 300 BC Greek mathematician Euclid in Book 2 of his Elements addresses quadratic equations, although in a strictly geometrical fashion.

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300 BC - Greek - Mathematician - Euclid - ''Elements'' - Quadratic equation

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Around 100 BC Algebraic equations are treated in the Chinese mathematics book Jiuzhang suanshu, The Nine Chapters of Mathematical Art.

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100 BC - Algebraic equations - Chinese - Jiuzhang suanshu

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Around 150 AD Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria treats algebraic equations in three volumes of mathematics.

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150 AD - Hero of Alexandria

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Around 200 AD Greek mathematician Diophantus , often referred to as the "father of algebra", writes his famous Arithmetica, a work featuring solutions of algebraic equations and on the theory of numbers.

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200 AD - Diophantus - Arithmetica

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The word algebra itself is derived from the name of the treatise first written by Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi in 820 AD titled: Kitab al-mukhtasar fi Hisab Al-Jabr wa-al-Moghabalah meaning The book of summary concerning calculating by transposition and reduction. The word al-jabr (from which algebra is derived) means "reunion", "connection" or "completion".

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Persian - Al-Khwarizmi - Kitab al-mukhtasar fi Hisab Al-Jabr wa-al-Moghabalah

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Algebra was introduced to Europe largely through the work of Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa in his work Liber Abaci in 1202.

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Leonardo Fibonacci - Pisa

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