Al-Khwarizmi

Al-Khwarizmi الخوارزمي

Al-Khwarizmi has been described as the father or founder of Algebra

Full Name: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

Arabic: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي

Born: 780AD

Origin: Iran (Persia)

Dies: 850 AD

Famous for: Algebra and the Hindu–Arabic numeral system

Contribution:

First person to treat algebra as an independent discipline

The first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations

Solved quadratic equations by completing the square

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi

https://uwaterloo.ca/math/news/top-8-facts-about-islamic-mathematician-al-khwarizmi

 

Books attributed to Al-Khwarizmi