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Contradicting Muslim Revisionism - by CS Karlson


Did Muslims invent Algebra? No!

Algebra existed in ancient Egypt, thousands of years before Muhammad, and was improved upon by the ancient Babylonians.  The Greeks contributed quadratics.  Hindus gave the concept of zero and irrational numbers.  While the word “algebra” derives from Arabic, Arab Muslims only absorbed Persian and Hindu state of the art and made a few contributions.  Europeans created advanced algebraic symbolism and formulation during the enlightenment and renaissance periods that succeeded the removal of Islam from Europe.

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Published Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:05 AM by Islamwatch

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