algebra

The prizes were meant to draw attention to how little we knew about math—no matter how many of us have suffered through high-school algebra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

In 2013, UC approved a data science course, submitted by Los Angeles Unified, to broaden math options, and by 2020 allowed such courses to substitute for advanced algebra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

So Idle workshopped it — did the algebra, as he described it — and wound up with a new, zingier joke he preferred.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Roughly one in eight freshmen lack rudimentary high-school math skills, defined as geometry, algebra and algebra 2.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

The task of the algebra student is to figure out what number x is.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

One result, now known as the Jones index theorem, showed that when these algebras are nested within one another, their relative sizes conform to precise but enigmatic numerical ratios.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

In 1984, while working at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Jones came across some formulas that his nested algebras satisfied.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

By the 1970s, Connes had made strides towards a complete classification of particular systems of operators known as Von Neumann algebras.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

Meanwhile, Gell-Mann continued pursuing the theory of quarks, refining his ideas about current algebras.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2019

Damp smelling books were here and there among the ruins, histories, arithmetics, algebras and grammars.

From Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh