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2. History of algebra - Wikipedia

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   The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word الجبر al-jabr, and this comes from the treatise written in the year 830 by the medieval Persian mathematician, Al-Khwārizmī, whose Arabic title, Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala, can be translated as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.

3. Elements of Algebra - Wikipedia

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   The title page of Elements of Algebra. Elements of Algebra is an elementary mathematics textbook written by mathematician Leonhard Euler around 1765 in German. It was first published in Russian as " Universal Arithmetic " ( Универсальная арифметика ), two volumes appearing in 1768-9 [ 1] and in 1770 was printed from the ...

4. Euclid's Elements - Wikipedia

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   The Elements ( Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoikheîa) is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid c. 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates, propositions ( theorems and constructions ), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The books cover plane and solid Euclidean ...

5. Algebra - Wikipedia

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   Algebra. Elementary algebra studies which values solve equations formed using arithmetical operations. Abstract algebra studies algebraic structures, like the ring of integers given by the set of integers together with operations of addition ( ) and multiplication ( ). Algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies certain abstract systems ...

6. Al-Khwarizmi - Wikipedia

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   Al-Khwarizmi. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi[ note 1] ( Persian: محمد بن موسى خوارزمی; c. 780 – c. 850 ), often referred to as simply al-Khwarizmi, was a polymath who produced vastly influential Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Hailing from Khwarazm, he was appointed as the astronomer and head ...

7. Elementary algebra - Wikipedia

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   Two-dimensional plot (red curve) of the algebraic equation . Elementary algebra, also known as college algebra, [ 1] encompasses the basic concepts of algebra. It is often contrasted with arithmetic: arithmetic deals with specified numbers, [ 2] whilst algebra introduces variables (quantities without fixed values).