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2. Fraction - Wikipedia

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   A cake with one quarter (one fourth) removed. The remaining three fourths are shown by dotted lines and labeled by the fraction 1 ⁄ 4. A fraction (from Latin: fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size ...

3. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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   For most symbols, the entry name is the corresponding Unicode symbol. So, for searching the entry of a symbol, it suffices to type or copy the Unicode symbol into the search textbox. Similarly, when possible, the entry name of a symbol is also an anchor, which allows linking easily from another Wikipedia article. When an entry name contains ...

4. Table of mathematical symbols by introduction date - Wikipedia

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   The following table lists many specialized symbols commonly used in modern mathematics, ordered by their introduction date. The table can also be ordered alphabetically by clicking on the relevant header title.

5. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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   Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. In these contexts, the capital letters and the small letters represent distinct and unrelated entities.

6. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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   The following list includes the continued fractions of some constants and is sorted by their representations. Continued fractions with more than 20 known terms have been truncated, with an ellipsis to show that they continue. Rational numbers have two continued fractions; the version in this list is the shorter one.

7. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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   Rigor is a cornerstone quality of mathematics, and can play an important role in preventing mathematics from degenerating into fallacies. well-behaved An object is well-behaved (in contrast with being Pathological ) if it satisfies certain prevailing regularity properties, or if it conforms to mathematical intuition (even though intuition can ...

8. Number Forms - Wikipedia

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   Name Hex Dec ⅐ 1 ⁄ 7: 0.142... Vulgar Fraction One Seventh 2150 8528 ⅑ 1 ⁄ 9: 0.111... Vulgar Fraction One Ninth 2151 8529 ⅒ 1 ⁄ 10: 0.1 Vulgar Fraction One Tenth 2152 8530 ⅓ 1 ⁄ 3: 0.333... Vulgar Fraction One Third 2153 8531 ⅔ 2 ⁄ 3: 0.666... Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds 2154 8532 ⅕ 1 ⁄ 5: 0.2 Vulgar Fraction One Fifth ...

9. English numerals - Wikipedia

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   This "over" form is also widely used in mathematics. Fractions together with an integer are read as follows: 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 is "one and a half" 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 is "six and a quarter" 7 + 5 ⁄ 8 is "seven and five eighths" A space is placed to mark the boundary between the whole number and the fraction part unless superscripts and subscripts are used ...