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  2. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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    6.28318 53071 79586 47692 [3] [OEIS 2] Ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius. Equal to : 1900 to 1600 BCE [2] Square root of 2, Pythagoras constant [4] 1.41421 35623 73095 04880 [Mw 2] [OEIS 3] Positive root of = 1800 to 1600 BCE [5] Square root of 3, Theodorus' constant [6]

  3. atan2 - Wikipedia

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    atan2(y, x) returns the angle θ between the positive x-axis and the ray from the origin to the point (x, y), confined to (−π, π].Graph of ⁡ (,) over /. In computing and mathematics, the function atan2 is the 2-argument arctangent.

  4. Irrationality measure - Wikipedia

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    Rational numbers have irrationality exponent 1, while (as a consequence of Dirichlet's approximation theorem) every irrational number has irrationality exponent at least 2. On the other hand, an application of Borel-Cantelli lemma shows that almost all numbers, including all algebraic irrational numbers , have an irrationality exponent exactly ...

  5. Proof by infinite descent - Wikipedia

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    Since √ 2 is a real number, which can be either rational or irrational, the only option left is for √ 2 to be irrational. [ 11 ] (Alternatively, this proves that if √ 2 were rational, no "smallest" representation as a fraction could exist, as any attempt to find a "smallest" representation p / q would imply that a smaller one existed ...

  6. Inverse trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    The orange sheet in the middle is the principal sheet representing arctan x. The blue sheet above and green sheet below are displaced by 2π and −2π respectively. Since the inverse trigonometric functions are analytic functions, they can be extended from the real line to the complex plane.

  7. Golden ratio - Wikipedia

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    The golden ratio's negative −φ and reciprocal φ −1 are the two roots of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + x − 1. The golden ratio is also an algebraic number and even an algebraic integer . It has minimal polynomial x 2 − x − 1. {\displaystyle x^{2}-x-1.}

  8. Square root of 3 - Wikipedia

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    The square root of 3 is the positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number 3. It is denoted mathematically as 3 {\textstyle {\sqrt {3}}} or 3 1 / 2 {\displaystyle 3^{1/2}} . It is more precisely called the principal square root of 3 to distinguish it from the negative number with the same property.

  9. Transcendental number - Wikipedia

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    Hence, the set of real numbers consists of non-overlapping sets of rational, algebraic irrational, and transcendental real numbers. [3] For example, the square root of 2 is an irrational number, but it is not a transcendental number as it is a root of the polynomial equation x 22 = 0.