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A brief overview of the history and development of algebra. ... The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word al-jabr. This term is found in Mohammed ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi’s book The Comprehensive Book of Calculation by Balance and Opposition, written around the year 825. Balance is a translation of the word al...
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A history of algebra: from al-Khwarizmi to Emmy Noether. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1985. ... Jonathan Bowen's hypertext article A Brief History of Algebra and Computing: an Eclectic Oxonian View ... Pages on algebra at the Mathematical MacTutor History of Mathematics archive...
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In 1985, B. L. van der Waerden provided a more synthetic and focused account in A History of Algebra from al-Khwarismi to Emmy Noether, but while this work incorporated some biographical and broader historical analysis, it presented the development of algebra as a series of rather disjointed mathematical vignettes...
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[Revised 7/29/2005] Author: elizabeth Who founded algebra? Response #: 1 of 1 Author: chaffer No one person appears to have invented algebra in all its complexity and glory. ... The word, algebra, is a corruption of al-jabr which is part of the title of his treatise, Hisab al-jabr w'al muqabalah which means something...
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It is probable that the algebra of the Egyptians was of a most rudimentary nature, for otherwise we should expect to find traces of it in the works of the Greek aeometers. of whom Thales of Miletus (640-546 B.C.) was the first. ... The History of Algebra - Page Seven...
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historymedren.about.com/od/aentries/a/11_algebra_2.htm
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Various derivations of the word "algebra," which is of Arabian origin, have been given by different writers. The first mention of the word is to be found in the title of a work by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi (Hovarezmi), who flourished about the beginning of the 9th century. ... The History of Algebra - Page Nine...
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historymedren.about.com/od/aentries/a/11_algebra.htm
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The place to begin, naturally, is with a brief history of algebra itself. The word "algebra" comes from Arabic: al-jebr because the subject was studied and written about in something like the modern sense, by scholars who spoke Arabic in what is now the Middle East, in the 9th century CE.
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scienceandreason.blogspot.com/2007/02/brief-history-of-...
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History of Algebra ... The history of algebra began in ancient Egypt and Babylon, where people learned to solve linear (ax = b) and quadratic (ax2 + bx = c) equations, as well as indeterminate equations such as x2 + y2 = z2, whereby several unknowns are involved.
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