algebra

n. mathematical system that uses equations containing letters and numbers

Algebra is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of structure, relation and quantity. The name is derived from the treatise written by the Arabic mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and geographer, titled (in Arabic الكتاب الجبر والمقابلة ) Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala (meaning "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing"), which provided symbolic operations for the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.
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*-ring In mathematics, a *-ring is an associative ring with a map * : A → A which is an antiautomorphism, and an involution.More precisely, * is required to satisfy the following properties: for all x,y in A.This also called an involutive ring, involutory ring, and ring with involution.
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Noun
1. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
(hypernym) pure mathematics
(hyponym) quadratics
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
(class) transposition

n. algebra, mathematical system that uses equations containing letters and numbers

n. algebra, mathematical system that uses equations containing letters and numbers