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The following is a timeline of key developments of algebra: Year. Event. c. 1800 BC. An Old Babylonian tablet (Strasbourg 363) seeks the solution of a quadratic equation. [1] c. 1800 BC. The Plimpton 322 tablet gives a table of Pythagorean triples in Babylonian Cuneiform script. [2]
15th century – Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi and Abu'l-Hasan ibn Ali al-Qalasadi introduced symbolic notation for algebra and for mathematics in general. [ 14 ] 15th century – Nilakantha Somayaji , a Kerala school mathematician, writes the Aryabhatiya Bhasya , which contains work on infinite-series expansions, problems of algebra, and ...
The Arabs would eventually replace spelled out numbers (e.g. twenty-two) with Arabic numerals (e.g. 22), but the Arabs did not adopt or develop a syncopated or symbolic algebra [55] until the work of Ibn al-Banna, who developed a symbolic algebra in the 13th century, followed by Abū al-Hasan ibn Alī al-Qalasādī in the 15th century.
15th century — Ibn al-Banna and al-Qalasadi introduced symbolic notation for algebra and for mathematics in general. [3] 1427 — Al-Kashi completes The Key to Arithmetic containing work of great depth on decimal fractions. It applies arithmetical and algebraic methods to the solution of various problems, including several geometric ones.
The high-water mark of Chinese mathematics occurred in the 13th century during the latter half of the Song dynasty (960–1279), with the development of Chinese algebra. The most important text from that period is the Precious Mirror of the Four Elements by Zhu Shijie (1249–1314), dealing with the solution of simultaneous higher order ...
The history of mathematical notation[ 1 ] includes the commencement, progress, and cultural diffusion of mathematical symbols and the conflict of the methods of notation confronted in a notation's move to popularity or inconspicuousness. Mathematical notation [ 2 ] comprises the symbols used to write mathematical equations and formulas.
In Indian astronomy, the study of trigonometric functions flourished in the Gupta period, especially due to Aryabhata (sixth century BC), who discovered the sine function, cosine function, and versine function. When during the Middle Ages, the study of trigonometry continued in Islamic mathematics, by mathematicians such as Al-Khwarizmi and Abu ...
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, first compiled in 179 AD, with added commentary in the 3rd century by Liu Hui Haidao Suanjing, Liu Hui, 3rd century. The first definitive work (or at least oldest existent) on geometry in China was the Mo Jing, the Mohist canon of the early philosopher Mozi (470–390 BC).