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...dot y</math>) and [[Division (mathematics)|divide]] (<math>x/y</math>) two numbers (with division only allowed if <math>y</math> is not equal to zero). A fiel ...

...rval (mathematics)|interval]], [[rational number|rational]], and algebraic numbers. ...omputer Algebra Systems]</ref> Rational number arithmetic is exact if all numbers are rational. Interval arithmetic can be used to easily calculate the tota ...

...number]] of values, as there is no single number which divides all of the numbers to two halves, the median is defined as the [[mean]] of the two central ele ...e the other numbers of this set are kept the same, the mean of this set of numbers changes, but the median does not. ...

...ian]]s to better describe how the [[prime number]]s are placed among whole numbers. The Riemann hypothesis is so important, and so difficult to prove, that th ...

== Sorting by numbers == ...for sorting a stack of cards with many different [[number]]s, so that the numbers are in order. ...

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...input a set <math>S</math> of <math>n</math> numbers, we want to sort the numbers in <math>S</math> in increasing order. One of the most famous algorithm for ...re all numbers in <math>S_1</math> are smaller than <math>x</math> and all numbers in <math>S_2</math> are larger than <math>x</math>; ...

...point out the dot that is sometimes used to separate the positions of the numbers in this [[system]]. Almost everyone uses this nowadays and prefers the conv ...han ten distinct values (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) to represent any numbers, no matter how large. These digits are often used with a [[decimal separato ...

...Much like hours on a [[clock]], which repeat every twelve hours, once the numbers reach a certain value, called the ''modulus'', they go back to zero. ...too. The difference, (''a'' - ''b''), is 32 - 11 = 21. This shows the two numbers are congruent because 21 = 3 * 7, and 7 is a factor of 21. ...

...t in a value of [[infinity]], which is itself undefined. Usually when two numbers are equal to the same thing, they are equal to each other. That is not true ...] in computer programming. Dividing [[Floating point unit|floating point]] numbers (decimals) by zero will usually result in either [[infinity]] or a special ...

...he number itself: 6) are 1, 2, and 3 and 1 + 2 + 3 equals 6. Other perfect numbers include 28, 496 and 8128. ==Perfect numbers that are even== ...

Let <math>(a_n)</math> be a sequence of numbers satisfying the recurrence relation: Why do the Fibonacci numbers 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55 appear? ...

...Blue, Red) is a sequence, but they are not the same. Sequences made up of numbers are also called '''progressions'''. ...it starts with 2, 4, 6, and so on, and you can always keep on naming even numbers. ...

The numbers can be very big, such as with two hundred: 200/5 = 40, or with 7 [[billion] ...numerator'' and ''denominator''). A fraction is an accepted way of writing numbers. It is not always expected that the result of the division is written in de ...

Graham's number is one of the biggest numbers ever used in a [[mathematical proof]]. Even if every digit in Graham's numb We will write down a [[sequence]] of numbers that we will call '''g1''', '''g2''', '''g3''', and so on. Each one will be ...

...jCNGuZ93z06kDmxXutGU8S_ADA6FgZw&cad=rja On congruences involving Bernoulli numbers and the quotients of Fermat and Wilson], Ann. of. Math. '''39'''(1938), 350 * {{cite book | title=Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective | author=Richard E. Crandall | coauthors=Carl ...

...out if a certain number is a [[prime number]]. [[Cryptography]] uses prime numbers, and needs to test if a certain number is prime. The official proof of a p ...

...ve to look at each and every number in the set. If we were given twice the numbers, we would take twice as long to find the maximum number. Thus, finding the ...not talking about how the time changes when we're given a set of 10 or 20 numbers (in fact the big O, due to its mathematical definition, may even give wrong ...

...[induction]]. This is usually used to prove a theorem that is true for all numbers. There are 4 steps in a proof by induction. Prove that for all [[natural numbers]] ''n'', 2(1+2+3+....+''n''-1+''n'')=''n''(''n''+1) ...