Definition of Algebra

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Algebra

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

A treatise on this science.

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Algebra Quotations

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Tim Allen

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz

I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there.
Billy Connolly

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
Edward W. Howe

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.
Diane Cilento

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
William Kingdon Clifford

At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book.
John Pople

Around 1967 Dan Bobrow wrote a program to do algebra problems based on symbols rather than numbers.
Marvin Minsky

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.
John Ray

Algebra Translations

algebra in Dutch is algebra, stelkunde
algebra in German is Algebra {f}
algebra in Hungarian is algebra
algebra in Swedish is algebra

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