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  2. Greedy algorithm for Egyptian fractions - Wikipedia

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    2 + 8x 2 − 1 = 0. Since P 2 (x) < 0 for x = ⁠ 1 / 9 ⁠, and P 2 (x) > 0 for all x > ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠, the next term in the greedy expansion is ⁠ 1 / 9 ⁠. If x 3 is the remaining fraction after this step of the greedy expansion, it satisfies the equation P 2 (x 3 + ⁠ 1 / 9 ⁠) = 0, which can again be expanded as a polynomial equation ...

  3. Hilbert's problems - Wikipedia

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    The following are the headers for Hilbert's 23 problems as they appeared in the 1902 translation in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. [1] 1. Cantor's problem of the cardinal number of the continuum. 2. The compatibility of the arithmetical axioms. 3. The equality of the volumes of two tetrahedra of equal bases and equal altitudes.

  4. Tower of Hanoi - Wikipedia

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    The key to solving a problem recursively is to recognize that it can be broken down into a collection of smaller sub-problems, to each of which that same general solving procedure that we are seeking applies [citation needed], and the total solution is then found in some simple way from those sub-problems' solutions. Each of these created sub ...

  5. List of Runge–Kutta methods - Wikipedia

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    All are implicit methods, have order 2s − 2 and they all have c 1 = 0 and c s = 1. Unlike any explicit method, it's possible for these methods to have the order greater than the number of stages. Unlike any explicit method, it's possible for these methods to have the order greater than the number of stages.

  6. Equation solving - Wikipedia

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    Solving an equation symbolically means that expressions can be used for representing the solutions. For example, the equation x + y = 2x – 1 is solved for the unknown x by the expression x = y + 1, because substituting y + 1 for x in the equation results in (y + 1) + y = 2 (y + 1) – 1, a true statement. It is also possible to take the ...

  7. How to Solve It - Wikipedia

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    Pólya mentions that there are many reasonable ways to solve problems. [3] The skill at choosing an appropriate strategy is best learned by solving many problems. You will find choosing a strategy increasingly easy. A partial list of strategies is included: Guess and check [9] Make an orderly list [10] Eliminate possibilities [11] Use symmetry [12]

  8. Solving quadratic equations with continued fractions - Wikipedia

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    Solving quadratic equations with continued fractions. In mathematics, a quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree. The general form is. where a ≠ 0. The quadratic equation on a number can be solved using the well-known quadratic formula, which can be derived by completing the square. That formula always gives the roots ...

  9. Fibonacci sequence - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. Numbers that are part of the Fibonacci sequence are known as Fibonacci numbers, commonly denoted Fn . Many writers begin the sequence with 0 and 1, although some authors start it from 1 and 1 [1][2] and some (as did Fibonacci) from 1 ...