Word: algebraically
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Earl Long was never much shucks in school. But Earl, like his late brother Huey P., is hot stuff at political algebra. Last week Louisiana's latest Governor gradually unfolded before the lackluster eyes of his citizens a complicated new formula for solidifying his power. At first the succession of events made no sense: only by week's end did the political algebra begin to solve...
...algebra began to clear a little. To Byrne's job the Governor appointed Neils Hertz. One hour and 15 minutes after Hertz had been sworn in, the three-judge hearing on the rebel jurors' charges was dismissed, on Hertz' motion. The argument: if Byrne is out, why investigate him? After months of work, the jurors were getting close to what may be Louisiana's highest-smelling corruption, the alleged "tax racket," whereby citizens and corporations agreed with tax officials on luscious tax reductions, with the savings split both ways. To terminate the hearing on Byrne...
Last year Professor Hogben published Mathematics for the Million, a study of the history, purposes and methods of mathematics. It undertook to explain algebra, trigonometry, spherical geometry, logarithms, graphs, calculus. This turned out to be a best-selling piece of nonfiction...
...examinations will be constructed so as to test not only technical competence but also originality. There will be a range of choice. A minimum of knowledge required for the examination would represent two years work in calculus, a half-year each in higher algebra and differential equations and a year's work in analytic geometry...
Edward V. Huntington '95, professor of Mechanics, Marshall H. Stone '22, professor of Mathematics and Garrett Birkhoff, Perkins Professor of Mathematics have accepted invitations to speak at Notre Dame University today and tomorrow in a symposium on the algebra of geometry and related subjects, organized by Professor Karl Menger of Notre Dame...