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2. History of algebra - Wikipedia

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   Rhetorical algebra, in which equations are written in full sentences. For example, the rhetorical form of + = is "The thing plus one equals two" or possibly "The thing plus 1 equals 2". Rhetorical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians and remained dominant up to the 16th century.

3. Timeline of mathematics - Wikipedia

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   This is a timeline of pure and applied mathematics history.It is divided here into three stages, corresponding to stages in the development of mathematical notation: a "rhetorical" stage in which calculations are described purely by words, a "syncopated" stage in which quantities and common algebraic operations are beginning to be represented by symbolic abbreviations, and finally a "symbolic ...

4. Israel Kleiner (mathematician) - Wikipedia

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   He is noted for his work on the history of algebra and on the combination of the history of mathematics and mathematics education. He received the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award in 1987 and again in 1992, the George Pólya Award in 1990, and the Lester Randolph Ford Award in 1995. He was in the mid 2000s vice-president of the Canadian Society for ...

5. Category:History of algebra - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This category contains articles related to the history of algebra

6. Timeline of algebra - Wikipedia

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   Al-Khwarizmi is often considered the "father of algebra", for founding algebra as an independent discipline and for introducing the methods of "reduction" and "balancing" (the transposition of subtracted terms to the other side of an equation, that is, the cancellation of like terms on opposite sides of the equation) which was what he ...

7. Victor J. Katz - Wikipedia

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   With Frank Swetz, he was a founding editor of a free online journal on the history of mathematics under the aegis of the MAA; the journal is called Convergence: Where Mathematics, History, and Teaching Interact. [3] In the journal Convergence, Katz and Swetz published a series Mathematical Treasures.

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9. History of mathematics - Wikipedia

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   The history of mathematics deals with the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales.