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the final boss after you clear Donald Knuth (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by BB84@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Isn't algebra just an Englishized Arabic for "the math?"

[-] Damage@feddit.it 37 points 3 months ago

From this dude's wiki page:

His popularizing treatise on algebra, compiled between 813–33 as Al-Jabr (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing), [...] The English term algebra comes from the short-hand title of his aforementioned treatise (الجبر Al-Jabr, transl. "completion" or "rejoining").