WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The word algebra comes from the Arabic: , romanized: al-jabr, lit. ‘reunion of broken parts, bonesetting’ from the title of the early 9th century book ʿIlm al-jabr wa l-muqābala “The Science of Restoring and Balancing” by the Persian mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quick Info. Al’Khwarizmi was an Islamic mathematician who wrote on Hindu-Arabic numerals. The word algorithm derives from his name. His algebra treatise Hisab al-jabr w’al-muqabala gives us the word algebra and can be considered as the first book to be written on algebra.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word algebra is derived from the Arabic al‐jabr, a term used by its founder, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al‐Khwārizmī, in the title of his book written in the ninth century, al‐Jabr wa˒l‐muqābalah (The Science of Equations and Balancing).