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  2. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    Problems 1–6 compute divisions of a certain number of loaves of bread by 10 men and record the outcome in unit fractions. Problems 7–20 show how to multiply the expressions 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 = 7/4, and 1 + 2/3 + 1/3 = 2 by different fractions. Problems 21–23 are problems in completion, which in modern notation are simply subtraction problems.

  3. Leibniz formula for π - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Leibniz formula for π, named after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, states that = + + = = +,. an alternating series.. It is sometimes called the Madhava–Leibniz series as it was first discovered by the Indian mathematician Madhava of Sangamagrama or his followers in the 14th–15th century (see Madhava series), [1] and was later independently rediscovered by James Gregory in ...

  4. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 2/n table - Wikipedia

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    The Akhmim wooden tablet wrote fractions in the form 1/n in terms of sums of hekat rational numbers, 1/3, 1/7, 1/10, 1/11 and 1/13. In this document a two-part set of fractions was written in terms of Eye of Horus fractions which were fractions of the form ⁠ 1 / 2 k ⁠ and remainders expressed in terms of a unit called ro.

  5. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    A unit fraction is a common fraction with a numerator of 1 (e.g., ⁠ 1 / 7 ⁠). Unit fractions can also be expressed using negative exponents, as in 2 −1, which represents 1/2, and 22, which represents 1/(2 2) or 1/4. A dyadic fraction is a common fraction in which the denominator is a power of two, e.g. ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠ = ⁠ 1 / 2 3 ⁠.

  6. Continued fraction - Wikipedia

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    The coefficients beyond the last in any of these representations should be interpreted as +∞; and the best rational will be one of z(x 1, y 1), z(x 1, y 2), z(x 2, y 1), or z(x 2, y 2). For example, the decimal representation 3.1416 could be rounded from any number in the interval [3.14155, 3.14165). The continued fraction representations of ...

  7. Pi - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The number π (/ paɪ /; spelled out as " pi ") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle 's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number π appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics.

  8. Help:Displaying a formula - Wikipedia

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    7.2.2 Convert to SVG. 7.2.3 Upload the file. ... Cancellations in fractions \cfrac {x} ... Multiline equations with multiple alignments per row

  9. Partial fraction decomposition - Wikipedia

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    Partial fraction decomposition. In algebra, the partial fraction decomposition or partial fraction expansion of a rational fraction (that is, a fraction such that the numerator and the denominator are both polynomials) is an operation that consists of expressing the fraction as a sum of a polynomial (possibly zero) and one or several fractions ...