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algebraic notation n (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess the standard method of denoting the squares on the chessboard, by allotting a letter, a, b, c, up to h, to each of the files running up the board from White's side, starting from the left, and a number to each of the ranks across the board, starting with White's first rank How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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External forms of representation include,
for example, the "conventional symbol systems of
mathematics"--formal algebraic notation, graphs, or sketches.
Arithmetic means computation with numbers, and in the sixteenth century
a lack of algebraic notation restricted the range of possible operations
fairly strictly to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and (the
crowning achievement of most contemporary libri di abbaco, the practical
handbooks used by merchants) long division. Metalinguistic
awareness is important for understanding algebraic notation (MacGregor
& Price, 1999). |
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