Many science-related English words starting with the letters al—including algebra, alkaline, and algorithm—are derived from Arabic, in which the prefix al just means “the.”

很多与科学有关的英文单词开头字母都是al-如algebra（代数）、alkaline（碱）、和 algorithm（公式），事实上这来自于阿拉伯语，而阿拉伯语中的“al”是个没有任何意义的冠词，就像英语中的“the”一样。

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They should teach Linear Algebra immediately after algebra. It's pretty easy, and it's amazingly useful in all sorts of domains, including machine learning.

代数和线性代数(比如,矩阵).他们会在教完代数后立即教线性代数.这也简单,这但相当多的领域非常有用,包括机器学习.

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Algebra and Linear algebra (i. e. matrices). They should teach Linear algebra immediately after algebra. It's pretty easy and it's amazingly useful in all sorts of domains including machine learning.

代数和线性代数(比如：矩阵)，他们会在教完代数后立即教线性代数。这也简单，但这在相当多的领域非常有用，包括机器学习。

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After my first six weeks in college I was failing miserably in all of the core subjects, including advanced algebra.

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But a first group of five courses on the Coursera platform, including a genetics course from Duke University and algebra at University of California, Irvine, have been recommended for accreditation.

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