Arabic numerals, you say?
Arabic numerals, you say?
Yes, I know Arabic and Islamic are not synonymous. I was stretching for a silly title.
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Similar etymology for algorithm too.
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IIRC, that one comes from the name of a Persian mathematician named al-Khwarismi (sp?), from whose writings medieval mathematicians got the idea
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Al-khwarismi is the same guy who wrote al-jabr.
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Arabic numerals, is in fact, Indo-Arabic, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Indian plus Arabic numerals.
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Algebra and algorithms are the Islamic attempt at establishing a Caliphate Of Math!
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Fun fact, the etymology of algebra actually is Arabic: al-jabr, “the reunion of broken parts.”
That’s smooth af.
And "algorithm" is of similar origin: al-Khwarizmi
Al-Jabbar is also one of the names of God, meaning the restorer, the repairer and the compeller
Refactor, repairer and compiler? /jk
He's pretty great at basketball too, wait no, that's Abdul Ja... Nevermind.
Yeah I was kinda confused by the joke since that's ultimately it's origin.
The joke is she's right on accident
Man I feel like if we called it that, people would think it's way cooler.