why is algebra called algebra?

Question

who was the one who came up with algebra?

Answer 1

Algebra is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of structure, relation and quantity. The name is derived from the treatise written by the Muslim mathematician Muhammad bin Mūsā al-Khwārizmī titled (in Arabic كتاب الجبر والمقابلة ) Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala (meaning "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing"), which provided symbolic operations for the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.

Answer 2

"algebra: from the title of a work written around 825 by the Arabic mathematician known as al-Khowarizmi, entitled _al-jebr w'al-muqabalah_.

In Arabic, al- is the definite article "the." The first noun in the title is jebr "reunion of broken parts," from the verb jabara "to reunite, to consolidate." The second noun is from the verb qabala, with meanings that include "to place in front of, to balance, to oppose, to set equal." Together the two nouns describe some of the manipulations so common in algebra: combining like terms, transposing a term to the opposite side of an equation, setting two quantities equal, etc. Because the original Arabic title was so long, and because it was in Arabic, Europeans soon shortened it. The result was algeber or something phonetically similar, which then took on the meanings of both nouns and eventually acquired its modern sense..."

The website I cite has roots for Geometry and trigonometry as well.

Answer 3

It's an arabic word and i'm arabian man
algebra or "algabr" as we called is mean in my language "to force to do some thing "
i think it's the feeling we all have when we study this subject :-)

Answer 4

I'm guessing that is an arabic word, since they are the ones who developed it. Of course, rudimentary algebra dates back much earlier, to the Babylonians, but I don't know what they called it.

Answer 5

The name is derived from the treatise written by the Muslim mathematician Muhammad bin Mūsā al-Khwārizmī titled (in Arabic كتاب الجبر والمقابلة ) Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala (meaning "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing"), which provided symbolic operations for the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.

Answer 6

It comes from an Arabic word.

Answer 7

why is a chair called a chair? who came up with the word chair?

Answer 8

"a" stands for annoying, "l" stands for lame, "g" stands for gay, "e" stands for ewl, "b" stands for boring, "r" satands for retarted and ,"a" stands for apple sauce come on its all in the books!