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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by pishpash on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:05PM (#31171725)
That's a totally different argument. I mean, did arithmetic "algebra" prepare you for abstract algebra or even linear algebra in college?
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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by zozbot234 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:24PM (#31171972)
Actually, yes. The rules for manipulating 'expressions' with 'variables' in school algebra describe what are called "free objects" over some set of "generators". The whole setting generalizes pretty well.
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