Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Origin of word - Algebra



The word Algebra came from the Arabic word - al-jabr that means reunion of broken part. It has been taken out from the title of Al- Khwarazmi's book al-jabr -wal - muquabala. Here is a page from Al-Khwārizmī's al-Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala



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