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Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wal-muqābala
Al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wal-muqabala, the Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing, is a mathematical treatise by al-Khwarizmi written in Baghdad around 820 CE. It set out systematic methods for solving linear and quadratic equations, and the word algebra derives from al-jabr in its title. It is one of the best-known scientific achievements of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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