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  2. The Story of 1 - Wikipedia

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    The Story of 1 is a BBC documentary about the history of numbers, and in particular, the number 1. It was presented by former Monty Python member Terry Jones . It was released in 2005.

  3. Fundamental theorem of arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    Then, by strong induction, assume this is true for all numbers greater than 1 and less than n. If n is prime, there is nothing more to prove. Otherwise, there are integers a and b, where n = a b, and 1 < a ≤ b < n. By the induction hypothesis, a = p 1 p 2 ⋅⋅⋅ p j and b = q 1 q 2 ⋅⋅⋅ q k are products of primes.

  4. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, theories and theorems that are developed and proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself.

  5. Arithmetic function - Wikipedia

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    A related function counts prime powers with weight 1 for primes, 1/2 for their squares, 1/3 for cubes, etc. It is the summation function of the arithmetic function which takes the value 1/ k on integers which are the k th power of some prime number, and the value 0 on other integers.

  6. Arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    For example, a person's height measured with a tape measure might only be precisely known to the nearest centimeter, so should be presented as 1.62 meters rather than 1.6217 meters. If converted to imperial units, this quantity should be rounded to 64 inches or 63.8 inches rather than 63.7795 inches, to clearly convey the precision of the ...

  7. Elementary arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    The black numbers are the addends, the green number is the carry, and the blue number is the sum. In the rightmost digit, the addition of 9 and 7 is 16, carrying 1 into the next pair of the digit to the left, making its addition 1 + 5 + 2 = 8. Therefore, 59 + 27 = 86.

  8. Alaisiagae - Wikipedia

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    Beda is derived from the Proto-Celtic *Bed-ā meaning 'burial.' Alaisiagae is derived from the Proto-Celtic *Ad-lājsījā-agai meaning (in the illative ) 'sending fears,' plausibly a byword for a notion of “dispatching terrors” (q.v. [1] Archived 2006-01-14 at the Wayback Machine [2] Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine [3] ).

  9. Carry (arithmetic) - Wikipedia

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    For example, when 6 and 7 are added to make 13, the "3" is written to the same column and the "1" is carried to the left. When used in subtraction the operation is called a borrow . Carrying is emphasized in traditional mathematics , while curricula based on reform mathematics do not emphasize any specific method to find a correct answer.