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Arabic scholar Al-Khwarizmi (c. 780 - c. 850) visited
India and collected mathematical material for his book
"Ilm al-jabr wa'd muqabalah". He sold his book to the
Romans. The source of the English word algebra was
aljabr which in Arabic means 'the equating'. His name
became the word 'algorism', the old word for
arithmetic. The same word was the root for 'Algorithm'
used in computing. Through his writings, the decimal
system and the use of zero were transmitted to the
west. Algebra was known to Indians long before
Brahmagupta (ca. 598-ca. 665).
Al-Khwarizmi's algebra is regarded as the foundation and cornerstone of the sciences. In a sense, al-Khwarizmi is more entitled to be called "the father of algebra" than Diophantus because al-Khwarizmi is the first to teach algebra in an elementary form and for its own sake, while Diophantus is primarily concerned with the theory of numbers.
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