Definition:Algebra/Linguistic Note

Linguistic Note on Algebra

The word algebra originates from the Arabic word al-ğabr, meaning balancing, reduction or restoration.

It originates from the name of a book, circa $825$ C.E., by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi:

Al-Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing)

Sources

• 1971: Allan Clark: Elements of Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction
• 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.1$: Algorithms
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): algebra
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa (c. 780-c. 850)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): algebra: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa (c.780-c.850)
• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $4$: Lure of the Unknown: Algebra
• 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): algebra