algebra

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

"There's a terrible algebra situation going on here of all of these things will equal 'bye-bye'."

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

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

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

He asked whether I had funds, whether I had high school transcripts, whether I had at least taken high school chemistry or advanced algebra.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

In 1984, while working at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Jones came across some formulas that his nested algebras satisfied.

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

Meanwhile, Gell-Mann continued pursuing the theory of quarks, refining his ideas about current algebras.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2019

There were also a few arithmetics and algebras, a historical novel or two, and the inevitable copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin, whose pages I had freely moistened with my tears.

From The Story of a Pioneer by Anna Howard Shaw