abstract algebra
: a branch of mathematics in which algebraic concepts are generalized by using symbols to represent basic arithmetical operations
//Abstract algebra courses introduce students to advanced mathematical concepts such as group theory and lattices.
Recent Examples on the Web
//Five of them will be taking college courses in differential equations, abstract algebra and discrete mathematics as 10th-graders at Pasadena High School this fall.
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Jay Mathews, Washington Post, "Why are so many 8th-graders taking AP Calculus at this school district?," 6 July 2019
//Complete high school math, including calculus, in middle school and devote high school to more complex subjects: multivariable calculus, abstract algebra, probability, game theory and other college subjects.
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Jay Mathews, Washington Post, "Calculus for eighth-graders? It’s the differential in one school system.," 17 Sep. 2017
//At the height of her mathematical powers, doing new work on abstract algebra, Noether died after an operation on an ovarian cyst.
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Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, "Mathematician Emmy Noether Should Be Your Hero," 23 Mar. 2017
First Known Use of abstract algebra
1859, in the meaning defined above
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