Who Made Algebra?
al-Khwārizmī, in full Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, (born c. 780 —died c. 850), Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals

Hindu-Arabic numerals

Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0—that represent numbers in the decimal number system. They originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi, about the 12th century.

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and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics.

Who created algebra first?

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a 9th-century Muslim mathematician and astronomer. He is known as the “father of algebra”, a word derived from the title of his book, Kitab al-Jabr.

Who made algebra and why?

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a Muslim mathematician wrote a book in 9th century named "Kitab Al-Jabr" from which the word "ALGEBRA" derived. So algebra was invented in the 9th century.
James H. Sterling

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