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This study set covers History Of Algebra through
10 practice questions.
A challenging examination of the historical figures, dates, and quantitative milestones in the development of algebra. Every question includes the correct answer so you can learn as you go — pick any format above to get started.
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1
In which year was the treatise 'Al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa'l-muqabala', which gave algebra its name, completed by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi?
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A
780 AD
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B
820 AD
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C
850 AD
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D
875 AD
2
The Italian mathematician Gerolamo Cardano published his seminal work on the solution to cubic and quartic equations, 'Ars Magna', in which year?
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A
1535
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B
1540
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C
1545
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D
1550
3
Who is the 17th-century French mathematician credited with introducing the modern algebraic notation of using letters from the beginning of the alphabet for knowns and the end for unknowns?
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A
Pierre de Fermat
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B
René Descartes
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C
Blaise Pascal
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D
Marin Mersenne
4
The 'Abel-Ruffini theorem', stating that there is no general algebraic solution for polynomial equations of degree five or higher, was first proposed by Paolo Ruffini in what year?
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A
1799
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B
1805
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C
1812
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D
1824
5
Which English mathematician, who lived from 1815 to 1864, is considered the founder of Boolean algebra, a fundamental component of modern computer architecture?
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A
Augustus De Morgan
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B
George Boole
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C
Charles Babbage
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D
Ada Lovelace
6
Diophantus of Alexandria, often referred to as the 'father of algebra', wrote 'Arithmetica', a work that focused on solving indeterminate algebraic equations, likely between which years?
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A
50-100 AD
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B
150-250 AD
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C
300-350 AD
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D
400-450 AD
7
Évariste Galois, whose work in group theory revolutionized algebraic understanding, died in a duel at the age of 20 in which year?
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A
1828
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B
1830
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C
1832
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D
1834
8
In his 1591 work 'In Artem Analyticen Isagoge', which French mathematician was the first to use vowels and consonants to represent variables and coefficients?
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A
François Viète
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B
Simon Stevin
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C
John Napier
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D
Johannes Kepler
9
The 'Fundamental Theorem of Algebra', which states that every non-constant single-variable polynomial with complex coefficients has at least one complex root, was first proved rigorously by whom in 1799?
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A
Leonhard Euler
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B
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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C
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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D
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
10
The first known use of the equals sign (=), created by Robert Recorde to represent two parallel lines of identical length, appeared in his 1557 textbook titled what?
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A
The Ground of Arts
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B
The Whetstone of Witte
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C
The Pathway to Knowledge
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D
The Castle of Knowledge
