Algebra

by Brentjes, Sonja

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Algebra originally referred to two methods of transforming equations; later it became the name given to the theory of equations as a whole. 1. Name and first appearance of the discipline in ʿAbbāsid Baghdad Algebra is a term derived from the two technical terms in Arabic that describe the discipline— al-jabr wa-l-muqābala , “reconstitution and equation.” The oldest known extant algebraic text in Arabic is the work by Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Khwārazmī (fl. c.205–226/820–840), Kitāb al-jab…

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Algebra originally referred to two methods of transforming equations; later it became the name given to the theory of equations as a whole. 1. Name and first appearance of the discipline in ʿAbbāsid Baghdad Algebra is a term derived from the two technical terms in Arabic that describe the discipline— al-jabr wa-l-muqābala , “reconstitution and equation.” The oldest known extant algebraic text in Arabic is the work by Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Khwārazmī (fl. c.205–226/820–840), Kitāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala . Written

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei821

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eng Islam

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Brentjes, Sonja

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