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work_a3aq5drivjaltki2fws2kopgru	Roy Wagner	Mathematical Variables as Indigenous Concepts	2009	21	.pdf	application/pdf	9629	604	57	Before I comment further on this useful ambiguity, I want to state the analytic framework for this paper: I would like to think of algebraic unknowns specific mathematical practice: solving combinatorial problems with generating functions. Unhappy with viewing mana algebraic unknowns as supplementary, arbitrary, socially given condensations guided by value and sentiment, LéviStrauss sets out to rearticulate the relations between signs and their social Lévi-Strauss claims that notions such as mana, somewhat like algebraic variables function to fill a gap between the signifier and the Mana The algebraic unknown can reconstruct relations because it is zero symbolic value, that is, a sign marking the is the action of the sign as a tool for projecting the a priori signifier order of thought on the incommensurable given world (indeed, Lévi-Strauss value algebraic unknown, which does not appear in the original combinatorial problem, enables the realm of mathematical signifiers to represent our	./cache/work_a3aq5drivjaltki2fws2kopgru.pdf	./txt/work_a3aq5drivjaltki2fws2kopgru.txt