algebra

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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

“I wasn’t that crazy about algebra, and I did not fully master it, but geometry was something that just came naturally to me,” she wrote in a 2020 memoir, “It Began With a Dream.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

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

One key operation in a deep neural network involves the use of linear algebra to perform matrix multiplication, which transforms data as it is passed from layer to layer.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

He learned algebra, which felt as natural to his mind as air to his lungs.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover