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Algebra
Algebra (from Arabic "al-jabr", literally meaning "reunion of broken parts") is one of the broad parts of mathematics, together with number theory, geometry and analysis. In its most general form, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols; it is a unifying thread of almost all of mathematics. It includes everything from elementary equation solving to the study of abstractions such as groups, rings, and fields. The more basic parts of algebra are called elementary algebra; the more abstract parts are called abstract algebra or modern algebra. Elem
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Questions of taste were soon decided in those days.
When a twelfth-century youth fell in love he did not take three paces backward, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she was too beautiful to live. He said he would step outside and see about it. And if, when he got out, he met a man and broke his head—the other man's head, I mean—then that proved that his—the first fellow's--girl was a pretty girl. But if the other fellow broke his head—not his own, you know, but the other fellow's—the other fel
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― Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
― Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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Algebra did not simply ease how numbers were depicted or calculated, but fundamentally revolutionized how to operate efficiently.
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― The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
― The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
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