Oct 24, 2025 · This article presents that history, tracing the evolution over time of the concept of the equation, number systems, symbols for conveying and manipulating mathematical statements, and …

Oct 24, 2025 · Algebra - Greek Roots, Equations, Geometry: A major milestone of Greek mathematics was the discovery by the Pythagoreans around 430 bc that not all lengths are commensurable, that …

Al-Khwarizmi, Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics. Latinized versions of his name …

Nov 4, 2025 · Today, Boolean algebra is of significance to the theory of probability, geometry of sets, and information theory. Furthermore, it constitutes the basis for the design of circuits used in …

Oct 24, 2025 · Leonardo Pisano, known to history as Fibonacci, studied the works of Kāmil and other Arabic mathematicians as a boy while accompanying his father’s trade mission to North Africa on …

The word algebra comes from the title of a book on mathematics written in the early 800s. The book was written by an Arab astronomer and mathematician named al- Khwarizmi.

Algebra is the branch of mathematics in which abstract symbols, rather than numbers, are manipulated or operated with arithmetic. For example, x + y = z or b - 2 = 5 are algebraic equations, but 2 + 3 = 5 …

Euclid was the most prominent mathematician of Greco-Roman antiquity, best known for his treatise on geometry, the Elements. Of Euclid’s life nothing is known except what the Greek philosopher Proclus …

In addition to describing some of the achievements of the ancient Greeks, notably Euclid’s logical development of geometry in the Elements, this article examines some applications of geometry to …

Oct 24, 2025 · A remarkable feature of all these proofs was that they were based on methods and ideas from calculus and geometry, rather than algebra. The theorem was fundamental in that it established …