Al-Khwarizmi used the word "aj-jabr" to describe the mathematical process of using an unknown variable and then changing an equation to figure out the variables numeric value. Math we now know as algebra.
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Al-jabr - the Arabic phrase we Anglicise to Algebra. He didn't invent the word itself, but the use of it.
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Al-Khowarizmi, the Iraqi mathemation, is credited with the development of algebra which he call al-Jabr (the reunion)
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Islamic scientist Al-Khwarizmi is credited with coining the term "algebra," derived from the title of his influential book, "Al-Kitab al-Mukhtasar fi Hisab al-Jabr wal-Muqabala." This work laid the foundation for the systematic study of equations and the field of algebra in mathematics. Al-Khwarizmi's contributions significantly advanced mathematical thought and terminology.
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Algebra as we know it today is generally credited to work done by the 9th century Persian mathematician al-Khowarizmi. The original Arabic al-jabr meant "completion" or "balancing".
"The Algebra of Al-Khowarizimi"
Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khowarizmi.
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written in Baghdad about 825 A.D. by the Arab mathematician Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khowarizmi