Who really invented Algebra? In 846, Algebra as we know it was said to have been invented by al-Khawasmy, a muslim polymath who lived in Baghdad. However, in 1650, 2000 years before him, the rind papyri describes multiple high level mathematical concepts, including algebra and euclidean geometry. Here is an example of the many problems found in the African papyri. “A quantity plus one-seventh of it becomes 19. What is the quantity?” The Egyptians would solve their equations using a principle cal

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