08 March 2008

The words 'Algebra' and 'Algorithm'

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780-850) was an Arabic mathematician whose book Hisab al-jabr w'al muqabalah (c.825) described the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals and the rules of basic arithmetic.

The second word of the book's title gives rise to the English word Algebra, and the word Algorithm is derived from al-Khwarizmi's name.

(Taken from: Poole, D. Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction. (Second Edition), p.87)

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