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Algebra was invented by the Muslim mathematician Al-Khwarizmiin the book he wrote in 820. Algebra is the Arabic word (aljabr) for "equation", and the word "algorithm" comes from the author's name, Al-Khwarizmi. He is rightly known as "the father of Algebra".

-J. J. O'Conner and E. F. Robertson wrote in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

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