The algebra war

The algebra war

The laws of algebra!

Back then, the letters a equalled 1+2 and b equalled 2+1.

1 + 2 = a

2 + 1 = b

However, this was supposed to mean that a equalled b, which neither a nor b haughtily wanted to allow. This led to a big war, which resulted in a lot of division and fractions.

After tedious additions, subtractions and other warlike measures, a diplomatic agreement was reached:

‘All letters, for all their differences, are equal before the laws of algebra.’

Mathematische Formeln: Pi, Wurzel aus a, Funktion(x) - Bild von Chen auf Pixabay
Mathematical formulae: Pi, root of a, function(x) – Image by Chen on Pixabay

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