Algebra
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In mathematics, algebra is the study of examining, manipulating, and solving equations, inequalities, and other mathematical expressions. Algebra revolves around the concept of the variable, an unknown quantity given a name and usually denoted by a letter or symbol. Many contest problems test one's fluency with algebraic manipulation. If this is not what you are looking for, you might try the page on abstract algebra.
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[hide]Introductory Topics
- Algebraic expressions
- Complex numbers
- Equations
- Linear equations (1 and 2 variables)
- Systems of equations
- Factoring
- Functions
- Exponentials
- Graphing
- Lines
- Quadratics
- Basic Transformations
- Logarithms
- Square root function
- Polynomials
- Inequalities
- Trivial inequality
- Arithmetic Mean-Geometric Mean inequality for 2 variables
- Word problems
Intermediate Topics
Olympiad Topics
- Functions
- Inequalities
- Arithmetic Mean-Geometric Mean Inequality
- Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality
- Chebyshev's Inequality
- Geometric inequalities
- Hölder's Inequality
- Isoperimetric inequalities
- Jensen's Inequality
- Minkowski Inequality
- Muirhead's Inequality
- Power Mean Inequality
- Rearrangement Inequality
- Schur's Inequality
- Smoothing
- Triangle Inequality
- Trigonometric inequalities
- Trivial Inequality