algebra
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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
Our spiritual tradition has given the world algebra, chemistry, physics, surgery, pediatrics, the concept of separation of powers and much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
"There's a terrible algebra situation going on here of all of these things will equal 'bye-bye'."
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
Descartes was a late holdover, a victim of his success in marrying algebra to geometry.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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
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
Thus the various algebras which have been actually developed have, in the main, definite relations to the structure of the space world of our physical experience.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
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