Topics
•Home
•Origin of the Word Algebra
•Counting
•Zero
Zero as a Placeholder
Zero as a Number
•The Start of Symbolism
•Symbols
Plus and Minus Signs
Multiplication
Division
Unknowns and their Powers
Representing Equality
Radical Symbol
Other Symbols
•Fractions
•Negative Numbers
•Complex Numbers
•Two Ancient Solutions to Quadratic Equations
Greek Solution
Hindu Solution
•Functions
In Antiquity
In the Middle Ages
In the Modern Period
Leibniz and Newton
Bernoulli and Euler
The Function Today
•Polynomials
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Descartes Rule of Signs
•Links
Created by:
Laurie Geller, 1998