Who came up with the first mathematical equation?

Answer 1

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It was probably very early Arabic people, during a time when the middle east was still ruled by empires. They were the first to develop algebra, and therefore the first to write math in the form of equations.

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Answer 2

Funny you should ask- I saw the first written (and preserved) mathematical eqaution- i think it was an equation- this summer.

I was in Luxor Egypt, and on the walls of one of the temples, is the first known math. It might be a tally of some sort.

The temple is from around 2500 BCE.

Answer 3

Wikipedia says Robert Record in 1557 introduced for the first time the sign =.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Recorde

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation

Answer 4

I don't know who thought of it, but the first equation is really x = x. Seems simple enough but it was really groundbreaking stuff at the time.

Answer 5

Probably the first cave man who realized that one rabbit plus one rabbit equalled two rabbits - and that could feed his family.

Answer 6

adam and eve