# Who invented algebra?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Robin Wilson
- Year: 2005
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/who-invented-algebra)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Arabic mathematicians embraced the mathematics of Ancient Greece and India. What did they do, and how did their achievements influence Europe in the Middle Ages? We trace the story up to the establishment of universities, the development of perspective in art, and Fibonacci's problem of the rabbits.

## Lectures

1. [Who invented algebra?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/who-invented-algebra/535b867873f9) (YouTube)