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We can trace the history of algebra over the entire 4000 years of recorded mathematics, even if algebra as a subject is noticeably younger. However, the advent of abstract algebra is fairly recent. Students often feel that this subject has no apparent connection to the familiar high school algebra.
This book by a noted modern student of algebra attempts to explain the beginnings of mathematical science, to trace the roots of number systems and the practical arts of computation, to describe the emergence of algebra and geometry and of rigorously logical methods of proof.
13 sty 2006 · This paper offers an epistemological reconstruction of the historical development of algebra from al-Khwārizmī, Cardano, and Descartes to Euler, Lagrange, and Galois.
History of Algebra. The term algebra usually denotes various kinds of mathematical ideas and techniques, more or less directly associated with formal manipulation of abstract symbols and/or with finding the solutions of an equation.
Algebra as a proper eld of mathematics can be traced to the end of the 16th century, but the true theory of algebra started much earlier. 2000-1600 BCE: Babylonians developed advanced arithmetical systems allowing them to do calculations via algorithms.
"This book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times but merely to present some significant steps in solving equations and, wherever...
B. L. van der Waerden: A History of Algebra. From al‐Khwarizmi to Emmy Noether. Berlin/Heidelberg/New York/Tokyo: Springer‐Verlag 1985. xi, 271 Seiten, 28 Figuren. Leinen, DM 98,‐. - Scriba - 1987 - Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte - Wiley Online Library.
