A friend used this phrase. I think she meant Boolean Algebra.
The specific word "algebra" first appears in Latin, specifically medieval Latin. It's derived from an Arabic term "al jebr", though, if that's what you meant.
Algebra as we know it today is generally credited to work done by the 9th century Persian mathematician al-Khowarizmi. The original Arabic al-jabr meant "completion" or "balancing".
The answer depends on where opposite! Even if you could spell correctly, the answer would depend on whether you meant the additive opposite or the multiplicative opposite.
Accident and Emergency. The magic word "plus" meant that this question ended up on the Algebra board!
The answer depends on what is meant by "their opposites". If you mean additive opposites then the set is of all non-zero integers.
A friend used this phrase. I think she meant Boolean Algebra.
Counting numbers are 1,2,3.... If you include 0 and the opposites .... -3,-2,-1, 0,1,2,3 .... this creates the integers. Integers do not include decimals or fractions.
The specific word "algebra" first appears in Latin, specifically medieval Latin. It's derived from an Arabic term "al jebr", though, if that's what you meant.
Algebra as we know it today is generally credited to work done by the 9th century Persian mathematician al-Khowarizmi. The original Arabic al-jabr meant "completion" or "balancing".
The answer depends on where opposite! Even if you could spell correctly, the answer would depend on whether you meant the additive opposite or the multiplicative opposite.
Accident and Emergency. The magic word "plus" meant that this question ended up on the Algebra board!
There are opposites of some adverbs and adjectives. The idea of "opposites" is conceptually weak and not all words have opposites.
Yes, you pretty much do. You need to be able to solve simple algebraic problems at least. If you meant "electrical engineer" and not just "guy who does wiring", then you need a lot more math than just algebra.
It allowed points in space to be described algebraically. This allowed lines and curves to be described using algebra. Bringing together algebra and geometry meant that tools that mathematicians had developed for solving algebraic problems could be applied to problems in geometry and tools from geometry could be applied to algebra.
Yes, parallel and perpendicular are opposites.
Collapsing Opposites was created in 2002.