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  2. Quarter-comma meantone - Wikipedia

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    Quarter-comma meantone, or ⁠ 1 4 ⁠-comma meantone, was the most common meantone temperament in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and was sometimes used later. In this system the perfect fifth is flattened by one quarter of a syntonic comma ( 81 : 80 ), with respect to its just intonation used in Pythagorean tuning ( frequency ratio 3 ...

  3. Dividing a circle into areas - Wikipedia

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    The lemma establishes an important property for solving the problem. By employing an inductive proof, one can arrive at a formula for f(n) in terms of f(n − 1).. Proof. In the figure the dark lines are connecting points 1 through 4 dividing the circle into 8 total regions (i.e., f(4) = 8).

  4. Al-Biruni - Wikipedia

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    Bīrūnī's catalogue of his own literary production up to his 65th lunar/63rd solar year (the end of 427/1036) lists 103 titles divided into 12 categories: astronomy, mathematical geography, mathematics, astrological aspects and transits, astronomical instruments, chronology, comets, an untitled category, astrology, anecdotes, religion, and ...

  5. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    A simple fraction (also known as a common fraction or vulgar fraction, where vulgar is Latin for "common") is a rational number written as a / b or ⁠ ⁠, where a and b are both integers. [9] As with other fractions, the denominator (b) cannot be zero. Examples include ⁠ 1 2 ⁠, − ⁠ 8 5 ⁠, ⁠ −8 5 ⁠, and ⁠ 85 ⁠.

  6. P5+1 - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear program of Iran. The P5+1 refers to the UN Security Council 's five permanent members (the P5); namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; plus Germany. The P5+1 is often referred to as the E3+3 by European countries. [1] It is a group of six world powers which, in 2006, joined together in diplomatic ...

  7. List of aspect ratios of national flags - Wikipedia

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    While the red inner part has a ratio of exactly 4:3 (0.75), [66] the complete flag has an irrational aspect ratio of approximately 1.21901:1 due to the blue border. [Note 3][67] Netherlands. 2:3 (1.5) [68] Compare to the flag of Luxembourg. Flag ratio not explicitly specified in law, but set by convention.

  8. Pythagorean comma - Wikipedia

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    Another way to express this is that the just fifth has a frequency ratio (compared to the tonic) of 3:2 or 1.5 to 1, whereas the seventh semitone (based on 12 equal logarithmic divisions of an octave) is the seventh power of the twelfth root of two or 1.4983... to 1, which is not quite the same (a difference of about 0.1%). Take the just fifth ...

  9. 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.