Al-Khwarizmi
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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, or simply al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age, who produced Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820
Statue in Madrid, erected in 2020
A page from al-Khwārizmī's Algebra
Algorists vs. abacists, depicted in an etching from 1503 CE
Gravure originale du compas parfait par Abū Sahl al Qūhī
Algebra
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Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems. It is a generalization of arithmetic that
Al-Khwarizmi
…on later authors, both in the Islamic world and Europe. Few biographical details are known about al-Khwarizmi's life. His popularizing treatise on algebra, compiled between 813 and 833 as Al-Jabr (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing), presented the first systematic solution of…
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus from ancient Egypt, dated c. 1650 BCE, is one of the earliest documents discussing algebraic problems.
An imaginary portrait of Al-Khwarizmi, derived from a Soviet stamp
Garrett Birkhoff developed many of the foundational concepts of universal algebra.