he was often thought of as the father of algebra because he was the first to teach algebra in such an elementary way.
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It was the Persian mathematician, Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
Al-Khwarizmi is the father of Algebra. He was born in Bagdad, a city now in Iraq.
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The father of algebra is typically considered to be the Persian mathematician Muhammad al-Khwarizmi. He introduced the concept of algebra and its fundamental operations in his book "Kitab al-Jabr wa al-Muqabalah" (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing). In this book, al-Khwarizmi laid the groundwork for solving equations and developing algebraic methods.
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.