Who Discovered the Quadratic Equation?
The quadratic equation has its roots in ancient Babylonian and Greek mathematics, but it was European mathematicians in the 17th century who gave it its modern form.
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If we're talking about the modern formulation, Ren茅 Descartes and Pierre de Fermat played key roles in the 17th century.
Actually, it's been around since ancient times! Babylonians were solving quadratic problems way before 17th-century mathematicians gave it a formula.
The concept dates back to ancient Babylon, but for the modern version鈥攖hank 17th-century European mathematicians like Descartes.
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