algebra
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Boole translated logic into algebra—with an algebra of logic, or Boolean algebra—transforming logic from a philosophical, rule-based system into a mathematical, symbolic one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Yet rather than attribute the recent five-year drop only to the pandemic, you point to the state’s decision in 2013 to stop requiring algebra for all eighth-graders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 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
Chiang’s storytelling is rooted in age-old tropes and references — the Old Testament, golems, Victoriana, high school algebra.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
This was the birth of what we now know as algebra.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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