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  2. Euler's constant - Wikipedia

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    This formula indicates that when taking any positive integer n and dividing it by each positive integer k less than n, the average fraction by which the quotient n/k falls short of the next integer tends to γ (rather than 0.5) as n tends to infinity. Closely related to this is the rational zeta series expression. By taking separately the first ...

  3. Doubling time - Wikipedia

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    For example, with an annual growth rate of 4.8% the doubling time is 14.78 years, and a doubling time of 10 years corresponds to a growth rate between 7% and 7.5% (actually about 7.18%). When applied to the constant growth in consumption of a resource, the total amount consumed in one doubling period equals the total amount consumed in all ...

  4. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Before the Renaissance, mathematics was divided into two main areas: arithmetic, regarding the manipulation of numbers, and geometry, regarding the study of shapes. [7] Some types of pseudoscience, such as numerology and astrology, were not then clearly distinguished from mathematics. [8] During the Renaissance, two more areas appeared.

  5. Pi - Wikipedia

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    The number π (/ p aɪ /; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.It appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics, and some of these formulae are commonly used for defining π, to avoid relying on the definition of the length of a curve.

  6. 2008 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    [167] [168] When the remaining votes were counted after the release of the report, the total number of votes cast in the presidential election was raised to 131.2 million, which surpassed the American University report's preliminary estimate of 126.5 to 128.5 million voters by a factor of between 2% and 4%.

  7. Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8 - Wikipedia

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    Weekly task - Bigg Boss Factory (Managers vs Laborers): In this task, housemates were divided into two groups: 8 Managers and 7 Laborers from the Top 8 Bottom 7 task. Managers will live in the house and have access to all of its facilities. A factory has been set up in the garden area.

  8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/December 2005 ...

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    ‣ᓛᖁ ᑐ 10:51, 2 December 2005 (UTC) It's also good to check if the website has an RSS feed available that you can easily extract data with; PHP has some good XML parsing functions you could use. Though if Amazon doesn't issue RSS i'd suggest the above. -Benbread 15:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)