[dfwgator]

I thought Algebra was invented by the Egyptians before they became Islamic.

[Paladin2]

It makes a good NASA outreach story. The name is Arabic.

[muawiyah]

Egyptians invented trigonometry before geometry and algebra had been invented. The modern course of instruction introduces algebra, then Euclidian geometry, then trigonometry.

The Hindus invented our modern number set/system and the Moslems merely transmitted it to the West. There are still questions about the Chinese inventing ZERO

[chajin]

I thought Algebra was invented by the Egyptians before they became Islamic.

And that was even before they invented Cairo practice.