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Al-Khwarizmi's Book of Algebra

Type Event Region West Asia Time 820

Around 820 CE, the mathematician al-Khwarizmi completed the Book of Algebra (Al-Kitab al-Mukhtasar fi Hisab al-Jabr wa'l-Muqabala) in Baghdad, system…

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820Baghdad · IraqAl-Khwarizmi completed the Book of Algebra in Baghdad, the Abbasid capital, systematically treating linear and quadratic equations, proposing operations such as transposition (al-jabr) and reduction (al-muqabala), and discussing the use of Indian numerals.

Sources

al-Khwarizmi https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Khwarizmi
The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compendious_Book_on_Calculation_by_Completion_and_Balancing