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Question 144415: who invented Equations with variables on both sides
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There is good reading about that issue here:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Quadratic_etc_equations.html
The Arabs are noted to have "invented" algebra. Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī is one of the individuals who contributed substantially to its introduction.