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Al-Khwarizmi's work helped shape algebra, and his name helped give us the word algorithm.

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The 9th-century scholar al-Khwarizmi gave algebra its name (from al-jabr) and its method; his own name, Latinised, became 'algorithm' — two words from one mathematician.

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El-Harezmi'nin çalışmaları cebiri şekillendirdi; adı da bize algoritma sözcüğünü kazandırdı.

9. yüzyıl bilgini el-Harizmî, cebire adını (al-jabr'dan) ve yöntemini verdi; kendi adı ise Latinceleştirilince 'algoritma' oldu — tek bir matematikçiden iki sözcük.

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