(New page: My favorite theorem is the Quadratic Formula Theorem. The theorem says that in a second order equation of <math>ax^2+bx+c=0</math>, <math>x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{ b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}</math>. This...)
 
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My favorite theorem is the Quadratic Formula Theorem. The theorem says that in a second order equation of $ ax^2+bx+c=0 $, $ x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{ b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} $.

This is one of the first theorems that I learned, and I still use it often these days.

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Abstract algebra continues the conceptual developments of linear algebra, on an even grander scale.

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