Proved results about algebraic structures: groups, rings, fields and related objects. Belongs here: theorems in algebra. Does not belong here: algebraic results that are still conjectural.
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This changed with the Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, who published his The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing in 825 CE. Al-Khwarizmi provided the first analytical theory for solving equations by classifying them into six standard forms and offering systematic, step-by-step procedures for their solutions.
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