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Irony: Algebra (and zero!) invented by Arab / Islamic scholars.
by payne92 10y ago
Irony: Algebra (and zero!) invented by Arab / Islamic scholars.
- worg 10y agoMayans independently invented zero also.
- ptaipale 10y agoActually, no: zero was developed in India on the 5th century. Arab / Islamic scholars merely learned it from them. And algebra was developed by Greeks on 3rd century, although al-Khwārizmī developed it further (note btw that he was not an Arab but Persian, although he worked in Baghdad).
- belltaco 10y agoThey were actually invented by Indian/Hindu scholars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu–Arabic_numeral_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu–Arabic_nu... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_algebra#Indian_algebra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_algebra#Indian_alge...