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The word "algebra" comes from the Arabic word "al-jabr", meaning reunion and is part of the title of from a book on mathematics written by Muhammed ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi.
He was an Arab mathematician who worked on algebra, arithmetic, and astronomical tables. The word "algorithm" is also derived from his name.
Al-Khwarizmi did not invent algebra but his book was very influential in bringing algebra to the western world so he is generally considered the father of algebra.
A Greek mathematicians Diophantus is sometimes called the father of algebra as he developed one of the earliest forms of solving equations. However he used mostly special ad hoc methods to solve equations, whilst Al- Khwarizmi was the first to solve equations using general methods.
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Where and when was the father of algebra born?
he was born in egipt
Who is the greek mathematician considered as the father of algebra?
phythogoras
Father of modern algebra?
..i think its diphantus..he is a greek mathematician..he lived in alexandria,egypt,where he occupied himselfcheifly with diophantine analysis,earning the the litle father of algebra...he wrote the arithmethicca, of which only 6 out of 13 was sold.....
What was the person name who invented algebra?
Sir. Edward Algebrastiene II, he was born in England around 1414 but was raised in Germany where he studied the behavior of numbers in the universities. Al-Khwarizmi is considered the "Father of Algebra"
What is after pre algebra?
Since "pre-" means before, then pre-algebra would be before algebra. Conversely, algebra would be after pre-algebra. Generally, the next class after a pre-algebra class would be Algebra I, followed by Algebra II.
