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Authors:
Anany Levitin
Chapter:
Introduction
Exercise:
1.1 Exercise
Question:1 | ISBN:9780132316811 | Edition: 3

Question

1.1 Do some research on al-Khorezmi (also al-Khwarizmi), the man from whose name the word “algorithm” is derived. In particular, you should learn what the origins of the words “algorithm” and “algebra” have in common.

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In the early 9th Century,  one of the first Directors of the House of Wisdom in Bagdad was an outstanding Persian mathematician called Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi.

The word “algorithm” is derived from the Latinization of his name.

The word “algebra” is derived from the Latinization of “al-jabr“, part of the title of his most famous book, in which he introduced the fundamental algebraic methods and techniques for solving equations.

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