algebra
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As a 15-year-old in algebra class, he wrote the song “Kryptonite,” drumming out the beat on his desk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 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
Despite leaving school at a young age and initially finding terms like "decimals" and "algebra" intimidating, Mr Elsom is said to have quite a talent for working with figures.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Teaching mild to moderate special education students algebra and trying to make that entertaining was a lot harder than performing at a comedy club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
I’m sure there’s a real person inside her somewhere, but after having her for algebra I and II, I’ve quit trying to find her.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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
Jones’s main focus continued to be Von Neumann algebras and their connections to other fields.
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
At present it would have but little force with respect to the better class of algebras.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
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