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[al-juh-bruh] / ˈæl dʒə brə /


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Najya earned strong grades, took honors classes and believed she knew algebra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

At my first school, Nashville Prep, we had kids entering fifth grade who knew algebra and others who could barely add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

He taught algebra at a Boyle Heights middle school and a Watts high school before joining Hackman in 2018, where he’s worked on multibillion-dollar projects transforming legacy studio lots for one of Hollywood’s largest landlords.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

But as luck would have it, my algebra book wasn't entirely ruined.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

Jones’s speciality, operator algebras, provided a powerful tool in the study of knots.

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

Borcherds’ discovery touched off a revolution in pure mathematics, leading to a new field known as generalized Kac-Moody algebras.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 7, 2015

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




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