algebra
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The prizes were meant to draw attention to how little we knew about math—no matter how many of us have suffered through high-school algebra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
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
They’re mostly simple algebra or geometry, but they still distract me from the traffic and from thinking about Windy.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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
We were looking at algebras; we were looking at general relativity; we were looking at pre-space.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2013
At present it would have but little force with respect to the better class of algebras.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
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