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2. Table of mathematical symbols by introduction date - Wikipedia

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   1698 (perhaps deriving from a much earlier use of middle dot to separate juxtaposed numbers) division slash (a.k.a. solidus ) 1718 (deriving from horizontal fraction bar, invented by Abu Bakr al-Hassar in the 12th century)

3. List of letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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   Latin and 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.

4. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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   A mathematical constant is a key number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1]

5. Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School - Wikipedia

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   Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School is a children's novel by Louis Sachar in the Wayside School series. The book contains mathematical and logic puzzles for the reader to solve, presented as what The New Yorker called "absurdist math problems." [1] The problems are interspersed with characteristically quirky stories about the students at ...

6. Elementary mathematics - Wikipedia

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   Elementary mathematics, also known as primary or secondary school mathematics, is the study of mathematics topics that are commonly taught at the primary or secondary school levels around the world. It includes a wide range of mathematical concepts and skills, including number sense , algebra , geometry , measurement , and data analysis .

7. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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   Widely used for denoting division in Anglophone countries, it is no longer in common use in mathematics and its use is "not recommended". [1] In some countries, it can indicate subtraction.: 1. Denotes the ratio of two quantities. 2. In some countries, may denote division. 3.

8. American Invitational Mathematics Examination - Wikipedia

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   The American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is a selective and prestigious 15-question 3-hour test given since 1983 to those who rank in the top 5% on the AMC 12 high school mathematics examination (formerly known as the AHSME), and starting in 2010, those who rank in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10. Two different versions of the test ...

9. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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   A function (which in mathematics is generally defined as mapping the elements of one set A to elements of another B) is called "A onto B" (instead of "A to B" or "A into B") only if it is surjective; it may even be said that "f is onto" (i. e. surjective). Not translatable (without circumlocutions) to some languages other than English.