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  • 1800 BCE

    Babylonian Mathematics

    Babylonian Mathematics
    They solved quadratic equations and they complete the square method. Also, they used clay tablets to solve problems.
  • 628 BCE

    Brahmagupta

    Brahmagupta
    He wrote many books on algebra. He Discovered new ways to solve equations in India along with that.
  • 532 BCE

    Pythagoras

    Pythagoras
    He used geometric figures like triangles and cubes to solve equations.
  • 200

    Diophantus

    Diophantus
    He is sometimes called “the father of algebra”, and wrote an influential series of books called the “Arithmetica” a collection of algebraic problems which greatly influenced the subsequent development of number theory.
  • 499

    Aryabhata

    Aryabhata
    He wrote one of the earliest-known detailed books on the subject of math.
  • 820

    Al-Khwārizmī

    Al-Khwārizmī
    He developed quick methods for multiplying and dividing numbers.
  • 1130

    Al-Samawal

    Al-Samawal
    He created a definition for “algebra.” He difined it as "[it is concerned] with operating on unknowns using all the arithmetical tools, in the same way as the arithmetician operates on the known.”
  • 1559

    Francois Viete

    Francois Viete
    Started to use letters to replace variables and he used the +/- signs to represent addition and subtraction.

  • René Descartes

    René Descartes
    He was the first person to link algebra to geometry.In fact he also connected it to science and music.

  • Niels Henrik Abel

    Niels Henrik Abel
    Found out that there is no general formula that solves equations.