The word 'algorithm' originates from the name of Musa al-Khwarizmi, a mathematician from the Islamic Golden Age who is considered the father of modern algebra; his Latin name 'al-Gorithmi' gave rise to both 'algorithm' and 'algebra,' demonstrating that many mathematical concepts and terms we use today have their roots in Arabic scholarship.
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The greatest philosophers in human history who have influenced European civilization. This is this man Musa al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of modern algebra.
His Latin name is al-Gorithmi, okay? And if this sounds familiar, it's because his name will give us the modern English word algorithm. Both algebra and algorithm were originally Arabic words.
[music] All right, so most of the math you're studying in school actually originated during the Islamic Golden Age.
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