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[[Algebra]] ([[Fr]]. ''[[algèbre]]'') is a branch of [[mathematics]] -- or which reduces the solution of problems to manipulations of [[logicsymbolic]] -- concerned with the properties and relationships of abstract entities represented in symbolic formexpressions.

==Jacques LacanFormalization==In 1955, [[Jacques Lacan]] begins to use [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s in 1955 -- in an attempt to [[formaliseformalize]] [[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 3. [[Formalization]] of [[psychoanalytic theory]] in an [[terms]] of [[algebraic]] [[symbols]] is a means of preventing [[knowledge|intuitive wayunderstanding]], the which [[Lacan]] regards as an [[algebraicimaginary]] [[symbolslure]] are which hinders access to be used, manipulated and read in various different ways.<ref>{{E}} pthe [[symbolic]].313</ref>

==List==[[Image:Lacan-algebra.jpg|thumb|right|[[List of algebraic symbols]]]]The [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s used by [[Lacan]] , which appear principally in the [[matheme]]s, [[schema l]] and the [[graph of desire]], are [[List of Algebraic Symbols|listed here]], together with their most common [[meaning]].

It is important to remember that the ''[[symbolList of algebraic symbols|Click here]]s do not always refer to view the same concept throughout [[LacanList of Algebraic Symbols]]'s work, but are used in different ways as his work develops. '

==Development==It is important to [[remember]] that the [[symbol]]s do not always refer to the same [[concept]] throughout [[Lacan]]''s [[work]], but are used in different ways as his work develops. Therefore some caution should be exercised when referring to the [[List list]] of Algebraic Symbols[[equivalences]]''above.

{{See}}* [[Bar]]* [[AlgebraFormalization]]||* [[List of algebraic symbolsMathematics]]