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  2. Curta - Wikipedia

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    The Curta was conceived by Curt Herzstark in the 1930s in Vienna, Austria.By 1938, he had filed a key patent, covering his complemented stepped drum. [3] [4] This single drum replaced the multiple drums, typically around 10 or so, of contemporary calculators, and it enabled not only addition, but subtraction through nines complement math, essentially subtracting by adding.

  3. Sumlock ANITA calculator - Wikipedia

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    Sumlock-Anita Electronics also assembled in Britain some of the Rockwell hand-held calculators, including Rockwell models 8R, 10R, 18R, 20R, 21R, 30R, 31R. The "Panaplex" is a gas-discharge display, using 7 segments to represent each number, within a thin glass "sandwich". The numerals glow amber. This list of calculator models may not be complete.

  4. Zerah Colburn (mental calculator) - Wikipedia

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    Zerah was reported to have been able to solve fairly complex problems. For example, the sixth Fermat number is 2 2 5 +1 (or 2 32 +1). The question is whether this number, 4,294,967,297, is prime or not. Zerah calculated in his head that it was not and had a divisor of 641. (Its other proper divisor is 6,700,417).

  5. Summation by parts - Wikipedia

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    The formula for an integration by parts is () ′ = [() ()] ′ ().. Beside the boundary conditions, we notice that the first integral contains two multiplied functions, one which is integrated in the final integral (′ becomes ) and one which is differentiated (becomes ′).

  6. Sinclair Sovereign - Wikipedia

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    With an eight-digit display, the calculator could display positive numbers between 0.0000001 and 99,999,999, and negative numbers between -0.000001 and -9,999,999. [12] Calculators of the time tended to have displays of between 3 and 12 digits, as reducing the number of digits was an effective way of reducing the cost of the calculator.

  7. Dumb, Drunk and Racist - Wikipedia

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    Dumb, Drunk and Racist is an Australian TV factual series, produced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions and broadcast in 2012 on ABC2. [1]The six-part series examines negative stereotypes about Australians, held by people overseas, particularly in India.

  8. List of top 25 singles for 1991 in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The following lists the top 100 singles of 1991 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Title

  9. Problem solving - Wikipedia

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    The former is an example of simple problem solving (SPS) addressing one issue, whereas the latter is complex problem solving (CPS) with multiple interrelated obstacles. [1] Another classification of problem-solving tasks is into well-defined problems with specific obstacles and goals, and ill-defined problems in which the current situation is ...