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Why algebra is known as algebra?

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Algebra was invented by the Muslim mathematician Al-Khwarizmi and is the Arabic word (aljabr) for "equation".

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It is given this name because it is from the Arabic meaning the reunion of broken pieces or a better way to look at it is a way to solve puzzles (broken parts).

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