algebra
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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 a selective high school, she failed an algebra exam she expected to ace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
In 2023 and 2024, UC’s faculty admissions board reversed that ruling, finding that three of the most popular data science classes were too light on algebra to count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"There's a terrible algebra situation going on here of all of these things will equal 'bye-bye'."
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
“As I recall, you had trouble understanding algebra. And if you didn’t understand algebra, Mr. Hickam, you’re lost, lost for all time!”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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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
BH: Anyway, that started me on the different algebras.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2013
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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