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   Al-Khowarizmi
   (c. 780-850) An Arabic mathematician, born in Baghdad, who is widely considered to be the founder of modern day algebra. He believed that any mathematical problem, no matter how dificult, could be solved if broken down into a series of smaller steps. The word algorithm may have ...
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   Al-Khowarizmi
   Al-Khowarizmi (äl-khōwärēz'mē) , fl. 820, Arab mathematician of the court of Mamun in Baghdad. His treatises on Hindu arithmetic and on algebra made him famous. He is said to have given algebra its name, and the word algorithm is said to have been derived from his nam...
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