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dnaquin on Sept 4, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: College, all you can learn, $99/month

"College Algebra" always seemed like an oxymoron to me.

req2 on Sept 4, 2009 [–]

Have you seen algebra?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach_algebra

andreyf on Sept 4, 2009 | | [–]

Funny story: my roommate (much smarter than me) focused on algebra in undergrad and now grad school. Always poke fun at him for studying x+3=5 ;)

dnaquin on Sept 4, 2009 | | [–]

Sure Artin's Algebra has a prominent place on my bookshelf. That class was by no means called "College Algebra".

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