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  2. Bracket (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In elementary algebra, parentheses ( ) are used to specify the order of operations. [1] Terms inside the bracket are evaluated first; hence 2×(3 + 4) is 14, 20 ÷ (5(1 + 1)) is 2 and (2×3) + 4 is 10. This notation is extended to cover more general algebra involving variables: for example (x + y) × (x − y). Square brackets are also often ...

  3. Associative property - Wikipedia

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    1.000 2 ×2 0 + (1.000 2 ×2 0 + 1.000 2 ×2 4) = 1.000 2 ×2 0 + 1.000 2 ×2 4 = 1.00 0 2 ×2 4 Even though most computers compute with 24 or 53 bits of significand, [ 8 ] this is still an important source of rounding error, and approaches such as the Kahan summation algorithm are ways to minimise the errors.

  4. Bracket - Wikipedia

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    S = {x | x > 0} defines a set S containing elements (implied to be numbers) x 0, x 1, and so on where every x n satisfies the rule that it is greater than zero. [65] They are often also used to denote the Poisson bracket between two quantities. In ring theory, braces denote the anticommutator where {a, b} is defined as a b + b a

  5. Dyck language - Wikipedia

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    In the theory of formal languages of computer science, mathematics, and linguistics, a Dyck word is a balanced string of brackets. The set of Dyck words forms a Dyck language. The simplest, Dyck-1, uses just two matching brackets, e.g. ( and ). Dyck words and language are named after the mathematician Walther von Dyck.

  6. Symbols of grouping - Wikipedia

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    [2] A superscript is understood to be grouped as long as it continues in the form of a superscript. For example if an x has a superscript of the forma+b, the sum is the exponent. For example: x 2+3, it is understood that the 2+3 is grouped, and that the exponent is the sum of 2 and 3. These rules are understood by all mathematicians.

  7. Period (algebraic geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, specifically algebraic geometry, a period or algebraic period [1] is a complex number that can be expressed as an integral of an algebraic function over an algebraic domain. The periods are a class of numbers which includes, alongside the algebraic numbers, many well known mathematical constants such as the number π .

  8. Principia Mathematica - Wikipedia

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    They are replaced by a left parenthesis standing where the dots are and a right parenthesis at the end of the formula, thus: ⊢ (p . q . ⊃ . p ⊃ q). (In practice, these outermost parentheses, which enclose an entire formula, are usually suppressed.) The first of the single dots, standing between two propositional variables, represents ...

  9. Twelvefold way - Wikipedia

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    Think of a set of X numbered items (numbered from 1 to x), from which we choose n, yielding an ordered list of the items: e.g. if there are = items of which we choose =, the result might be the list (5, 2, 10). We then count how many different such lists exist, sometimes first transforming the lists in ways that reduce the number of distinct ...