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  2. Exponentiation - Wikipedia

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    Also unlike addition and multiplication, exponentiation is not associative: for example, (2 3) 2 = 8 2 = 64, whereas 2 (3 2) = 2 9 = 512. Without parentheses, the conventional order of operations for serial exponentiation in superscript notation is top-down (or right -associative), not bottom-up [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] (or left -associative).

  3. Fifth power (algebra) - Wikipedia

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    In arithmetic and algebra, the fifth power or sursolid [1] of a number n is the result of multiplying five instances of n together: n 5 = n × n × n × n × n. Fifth powers are also formed by multiplying a number by its fourth power, or the square of a number by its cube. The sequence of fifth powers of integers is:

  4. Scientific notation - Wikipedia

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    Any real number can be written in the form m × 10 ^ n in many ways: for example, 350 can be written as 3.5 × 10 2 or 35 × 10 1 or 350 × 10 0. In normalized scientific notation (called "standard form" in the United Kingdom), the exponent n is chosen so that the absolute value of m remains at least one but less than ten ( 1 ≤ | m | < 10 ).

  5. Fermat number - Wikipedia

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    That 641 is a factor of F 5 can be deduced from the equalities 641 = 2 7 × 5 + 1 and 641 = 2 4 + 5 4. It follows from the first equality that 2 7 × 5 ≡ −1 (mod 641) and therefore (raising to the fourth power) that 2 28 × 5 4 ≡ 1 (mod 641). On the other hand, the second equality implies that 5 4 ≡ −2 4 (mod 641

  6. Talk:Scientific notation - Wikipedia

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    We don't use standard index form to "build and organize knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe" (science defined as such by Wikipedia). We use it to represent numbers in a more compact form using indices , something which has applications in not only science, but also economics , statistics , and ...

  7. Standard form - Wikipedia

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    Standard form may refer to a way of writing very large or very small numbers by comparing the powers of ten. It is also known as Scientific notation. Numbers in standard form are written in this format: a×10 n Where a is a number 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer. ln mathematics and science Canonical form

  8. Revised simplex method - Wikipedia

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    In the absence of degeneracy, a pivot operation always results in a strict decrease in c T x. Therefore, if the problem is bounded, the revised simplex method must terminate at an optimal vertex after repeated pivot operations because there are only a finite number of vertices. [4] Select an index m < q ≤ n such that s q < 0 as the entering ...

  9. Quater-imaginary base - Wikipedia

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    Now the value of the coefficients d 0, d 2 and d 4, must be found. Because d 0 − 4 d 2 + 16 d 4 = 7 and because—by the nature of the quater-imaginary system—the coefficients can only be 0, 1, 2 or 3 the value of the coefficients can be found. A possible configuration could be: d 0 = 3, d 2 = 3 and d 4 = 1.