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Baghdad, wrote it 375 years ago, and his al-jabr, or
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Islam gave the world algebra, from the Arabic al-jabr, a term referring to a basic equation.
Islam Got It First 2007
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The work was titled “ilm al-jabr wal muqabalah,” “the science of transposition and cancellation.”
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The Arabic “al-jabr” became the Latin “algebra,” the name given to the branch of mathematics Diophantus had founded.
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An Islamic mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, wrote a book, the title of which gives us the word algebra from the Arabic al-jabr, which means "restoration".
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An Islamic mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, wrote a book, the title of which gives us the word algebra from the Arabic al-jabr, which means "restoration".
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While the name is derived from al-jabr, that's the extent of the contribution.
Latest Articles 2010
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Algebra as mentioned in a book Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Dasonk 2010
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An Islamic mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, wrote a book, the title of which gives us the word algebra from the Arabic al-jabr, which means "restoration".
Irish Blogs 2010
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Then, as Beavith alluded, there is algebra, the word itself being Arabic and deriving from the Arabic mathematical treatise, "ilm al-jabr wa'l-muq? bala."
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