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  2. Real number - Wikipedia

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    2.3 Integers and fractions as real numbers. ... In mathematics, a real number is a number that can be used to ... rather than the related and better known ...

  3. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics a rational number is a number that can be represented by a fraction of the form ⁠ a / b ⁠, where a and b are integers and b is not zero; the set of all rational numbers is commonly represented by the symbol ⁠ ⁠ or Q, which stands for quotient.

  4. List of types of numbers - Wikipedia

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    Positive numbers: Real numbers that are greater than zero. Negative numbers: Real numbers that are less than zero. Because zero itself has no sign, neither the positive numbers nor the negative numbers include zero. When zero is a possibility, the following terms are often used: Non-negative numbers: Real numbers that are greater than or equal ...

  5. Integer - Wikipedia

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    An integer may be regarded as a real number that can be written without a fractional component. For example, 21, 4, 0, and −2048 are integers, while 9.75, ⁠5 + 1 / 2 ⁠, 5/4, and √ 2 are not. [8] The integers form the smallest group and the smallest ring containing the natural numbers.

  6. Fixed-point arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    A fixed-point representation of a fractional number is essentially an integer that is to be implicitly multiplied by a fixed scaling factor. For example, the value 1.23 can be stored in a variable as the integer value 1230 with implicit scaling factor of 1/1000 (meaning that the last 3 decimal digits are implicitly assumed to be a decimal fraction), and the value 1 230 000 can be represented ...

  7. Arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    Arithmetic systems can be distinguished based on the type of numbers they operate on. Integer arithmetic is about calculations with positive and negative integers. Rational number arithmetic involves operations on fractions of integers. Real number arithmetic is about calculations with real numbers, which include both rational and irrational ...

  8. Field (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The best known fields are the field of rational numbers, the field of real numbers and the field of complex numbers. Many other fields, such as fields of rational functions, algebraic function fields, algebraic number fields, and p-adic fields are commonly used and studied in mathematics, particularly in number theory and algebraic geometry.

  9. Continued fraction - Wikipedia

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    Another meaning for generalized continued fraction is a generalization to higher dimensions. For example, there is a close relationship between the simple continued fraction in canonical form for the irrational real number α, and the way lattice points in two dimensions lie to either side of the line y = αx. Generalizing this idea, one might ...