Algebra Is But Written Geometry
Sophie Germain's line about algebra and geometry, illustrated as a figure caught in a loop between a cone and a page of equations.
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"Algebra is but written geometry, and geometry is but figured algebra." – Sophie Germain [A joyful figure between a double cone with equations and a page of arrows, linked by swirling arrows]