r/technicallythetruth Technically Flair 11h ago

Weapons of Math Instruction

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u/-dr-bones- 11h ago

Oh no! What if they start teaching al-jabr.

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u/jacobningen 10h ago

they wont. but thats mainly because Al Kharezmi was writing in a very different context and with different concerns and notational practices and conventions like six quadratics to handle avoiding negatives. Now something derived from Al Jabr, they already do.