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Muhammad ibn MÅ«sÄ al-KhwÄÂrizmÄ«, a Persian mathematician.
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How do these mathematicians similar to the algebra you are studying study algebra?
all kinds of things are different like the way we use more numbers and have technology to help us
How did algebra start?
Algebra was supposedly started by the thinking of Abu Abdullah Mohammad Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi, possibly one of the greatest mathematicians who ever lived. He came up with the idea of "Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah", which involved the use of alalytical solutions in linear, and quadratic forms. The very word "Algebra" is derived from the expression.
What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
15th Century by Johannes Widmann
Why did the first mathematicians use the symbol of pi?
It was a cool looking greek letter.
What is the first algebra text?
It is Arithmetica, by Diophantus of Alexandria, who is generally considered the father of algebra, that may be the first writing on algebra. But there is a bit of debate over who the father of algebra is. Use the link below to the related question.
