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[[Algebra]] ([[Fr]]. ''[[{{Topp}}algèbre]]'') is a branch of [[mathematics]] -- or [[logic]] -- concerned with the properties and relationships of abstract entities represented in symbolic form.{{Bottom}}

==Jacques LacanFormalization==In 1955, [[Lacan]] begins to use [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s -- in an attempt to [[formalize]] [[psychoanalysis]].

 ===Formalization of Psychoanalysis=== [[Three ]] main reasons lie behind this attempt at [[formalization]].

:Just as [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]] uses quasi-[[mathematical ]] [[formulae ]] in an attempt to set [[anthropology]] on a more [[scientific]] footing, [[Lacan]] attempts to do the same for [[psychoanalysis]]

:The [[matheme|formulae]] thus become an essential aspect of the [[training]] of [[psychoanalysis]] which take their [[place ]] alongside [[training|training analysis]] as a medium for the transmission of [[psychoanalytic]] [[knowledge]]. :3. [[Formalization]] of [[psychoanalytic theory]] in terms of [[algebraic]] [[symbols]] is a means of preventing [[knowledge|intuitive understanding]], which [[Lacan]] regards as an [[imaginary]] [[lure]] which hinders access to the [[symbolic]]. :Rather than being understood in an intuitive way, the [[algebraic]] [[symbols]] are to be used, manipulated and read in various different ways.<ref>{{E}} p.313</ref> --- The [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s used by [[Lacan]], which appear principally in the [[matheme]]s, [[schema l]] and the [[graph of desire]], are listed below, together with their most common [[meaning]].

However:3. [[Formalization]] of [[psychoanalytic theory]] in [[terms]] of [[algebraic]] [[symbols]] is a means of preventing [[knowledge|intuitive understanding]], it is important to remember that the which [[Lacan]] regards as an [[imaginary]] [[symbollure]]s do not always refer which hinders access to the same concept throughout [[Lacansymbolic]]'s work, but are used in different ways as his work develops.

Even other :Rather than [[symbolbeing]] [[understood]]s which are relatively stable in an intuitive way, the [[meaningalgebraic]] [[symbols]] are occasionally to be used , manipulated and read in very various different ways.<ref>{{E}} p.313</ref>

Therefore some caution should be exercised when referring to ==List==[[Image:Lacan-algebra.jpg|thumb|right|[[List of algebraic symbols]]]]The [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s used by [[Lacan]], which appear principally in the following list [[matheme]]s, [[schema l]] and the [[graph of desire]], are [[List of equivalencesAlgebraic Symbols|listed here]], together with their most common [[meaning]].

The difference between upper- and lower-case [[symbol]]s, the difference between italicised and non-italicised [[symbol]]s, the use of the apostrophe, the minus [[sign]], and subscripts; all these details play their part in the [[algebraic]] system.==References== For example the upper<div style="font-case letters usually refer to the [[symbolic]] [[order]], whereas the lowersize:11px" class="references-case letters usually refer to the [[imaginary]]. small">The use of the [[bar]] is also important.<references/></div>