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Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī was the name of a Persian mathematician from Baghdad, whose works introduced sophisticated mathematics to the West.

In the 9th century, he wrote a book entitled "The compendium on calculation by restoring and balancing" (الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة, al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah), from which also the term "algebra" is derived. "Al jabr" (الجبر) translates to "reunion of broken parts", referring to the novel method of reducing fractions to integers.

Since around 1811, "algorithm" means "step-by-step procedure" in English. The meaning broadened to any method of computation in the mid-20th century.

Head.. hurt…

Go eat a cookie.

*pats*

If only the muslims had continued to develop their mathematics like the europeans did, then the world would look very different.

@Prince_Azmiran_Myrian Complicated topic. The Arab golden age was meant to end. Take note that he was a Persian.