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  2. Googol - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, family members of Kasner, who had inherited the right to his book, were considering suing Google for their use of the term "googol"; [11] however, no suit was ever filed. [ 12 ] Since October 2009, Google has been assigning domain names to its servers under the domain "1e100.net", the scientific notation for 1 googol, in order to ...

  3. Names of small numbers - Wikipedia

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    Power of ten Engineering notation [citation needed]Short scale (U.S. and modern British) Long scale (continental Europe, archaic British, and India) SI prefix SI symbol

  4. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.

  5. List of mathematical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This following list features abbreviated names of mathematical functions, function-like operators and other mathematical terminology. This list is limited to abbreviations of two or more letters (excluding number sets).

  6. Elementary mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Elementary mathematics, also known as primary or secondary school mathematics, is the study of mathematics topics that are commonly taught at the primary or secondary school levels around the world. It includes a wide range of mathematical concepts and skills, including number sense , algebra , geometry , measurement , and data analysis .

  7. Lowest common denominator - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the lowest common denominator or least common denominator (abbreviated LCD) is the lowest common multiple of the denominators of a set of fractions. It simplifies adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions.

  8. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    A function (which in mathematics is generally defined as mapping the elements of one set A to elements of another B) is called "A onto B" (instead of "A to B" or "A into B") only if it is surjective; it may even be said that "f is onto" (i. e. surjective). Not translatable (without circumlocutions) to some languages other than English. proper

  9. Measure (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A simple example is a volume (how big an object occupies a space) as a measure. In mathematics, the concept of a measure is a generalization and formalization of geometrical measures (length, area, volume) and other common notions, such as magnitude, mass, and probability of events. These seemingly distinct concepts have many similarities and ...