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al-Khwarizmi - Abu Ja'far al-Khwarizmi (780-850)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/people/middle_ages/al-khwarizmi.html
Arab mathematician, lived when spread of ideas was very slow, wrote Hisab al-jabr wal-muqabala, concepts of the Middle East. The "al-jabr" gave us the word algebra." introduced the decimal system, rules for solving linear and quadratic equations, the word "algorithm" comes from his name.
Founder of Algebra: Mohammad Bin Musa Al-Khawarizmi
http://www.famousmuslims.com/MOHAMMAD%20BIN%20MUSA%20AL-KHAWARIZMI.htm
Was one of the first people to work on algebra solutions in a systematic way for linear and algebraic solutions. Is attributed in this article to discovering the properties of zero and the decimal systems, as well as other major contributions.
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