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  2. History of algebra - Wikipedia

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    Rhetorical algebra, in which equations are written in full sentences. For example, the rhetorical form of + = is "The thing plus one equals two" or possibly "The thing plus 1 equals 2". Rhetorical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians and remained dominant up to the 16th century.

  3. Tawaif - Wikipedia

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    A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer ‚ dancer ‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs ( nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [1]

  4. Number theory - Wikipedia

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    While Babylonian number theory—or what survives of Babylonian mathematics that can be called thus—consists of this single, striking fragment, Babylonian algebra (in the secondary-school sense of "algebra") was exceptionally well developed. Late Neoplatonic sources state that Pythagoras learned mathematics from the Babylonians.

  5. Algebra - Wikipedia

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    Algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies algebraic operations [a] and algebraic structures. [2] An algebraic structure is a non-empty set of mathematical objects, such as the real numbers, together with algebraic operations defined on that set, such as addition and multiplication. [3] Algebra explores the laws, general characteristics ...

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    If there are bragging rights associated with Donald Trump praising your legal acumen when he speaks after a day's testimony at his criminal trial, Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy has already been ...

  7. 2-6-2 - Wikipedia

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    Hungary. Standard Hungarian Railways 2-6-2 of 324 class, introduced in 1909. The most numerous steam locomotive type used in Hungary was the MÁV class 324 [ hu] 2-6-2, built from 1909 onwards, which were still at work in the last days of steam. The Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) also ran three important classes of 2-6-2 tank engines.

  8. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi, [a] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.

  9. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The scope of algebra thus grew to include the study of algebraic structures. This object of algebra was called modern algebra or abstract algebra, as established by the influence and works of Emmy Noether. Some types of algebraic structures have useful and often fundamental properties, in many areas of mathematics.