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
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
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
They had algebra with Mrs. Lopez right before lunch.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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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
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
Jones’s speciality, operator algebras, provided a powerful tool in the study of knots.
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
Somehow he had known his boys better when they had all muddled together as one family, and algebras lay strewn upon the drawing room chairs.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
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