Algebra uses letters and symbols in the place of numbers and can be used to simplify expressions. Algebraic notation close algebraic notationA series or system of written symbols used to represent ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is shown in this article that the two sides of an equation in the medieval Arabic algebra are aggregations of the algebraic "numbers" ...