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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
3. Algebra
Author : Professor Emeritus John Vince, M.Tech, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Published in: Mathematics for Computer Graphics
Publisher: Springer London
Abstract
Some people, including me, find learning a foreign language a real challenge; one of the reasons being the inconsistent rules associated with its syntax. For example, why is a table feminine in French, ‘la table’, and a bed masculine, ‘le lit’? They both have four legs! The rules governing natural language are continuously being changed by each generation, whereas mathematics appears to be logical and consistent.