Who Invented Algebra?
Series created by Rajesh Lalwani
Fri, Aug 01, 2025 • 12:05 AM
Who invented algebra? Let’s meet the genius who started all the X’s and Y’s—and made math a puzzle worth solving!
Sources:
The Algebra of Mohammed Ben Musa
Edited and translated by Frederic Rosen, 1831
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Persian polymath who produced critical works in mathematics, astronomy and geography. By Chris Simms.
al-Khwārizmī
Muslim mathematician
Sources:
The Algebra of Mohammed Ben Musa
Edited and translated by Frederic Rosen, 1831
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Persian polymath who produced critical works in mathematics, astronomy and geography. By Chris Simms.
al-Khwārizmī
Muslim mathematician