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Some preliminary thoughts on algebra

Rabbit holes

⌜🐇 Rabbit holes to get started with CIMMIC are:

  1. We need to learn mathematical logic, since logic is simply baked into every programming language. Try this LibreTexts series on logic. Pay particular attention to the notation used on logic operators and the terminology as well. This stuff comes up all the time in programming. (RO-hole)

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Al-Khwärizmi

Al-Khwärizmi is credited with inventing algebra. The word algebra comes from al-jabr, which is Al-Khwärizmi’s word—along with al-muqabala—for adding, subtracting, in general, balancing terms on both sides of an equation. His first equation was

\begin{align*} x^2 = 40x - 4 x^2 \end{align*}

then using al-jabr and al-muqabala

\begin{align*} 5x^2 &= 40x
x^2 &= 8x \ x &= 8 \end{align*}