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  2. Negative number - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a negative number is the opposite (mathematics) of a positive real number. [1] Equivalently, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are often used to represent the magnitude of a loss or deficiency. A debt that is owed may be thought of as a negative asset.

  3. Sign (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A number is negative if it is less than or equal to zero. For example, the absolute value of a real number is always "non-negative", but is not necessarily "positive" in the first interpretation, whereas in the second interpretation, it is called "positive"—though not necessarily "strictly positive".

  4. Real number - Wikipedia

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    The non-negative real numbers can be noted but one often sees this set noted + {}. [25] In French mathematics, the positive real numbers and negative real numbers commonly include zero, and these sets are noted respectively + and . [26] In this understanding, the respective sets without zero are called strictly positive real numbers and ...

  5. Norm (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a norm is a function from a real or complex vector space to the non-negative real numbers that behaves in certain ways like the distance from the origin: it commutes with scaling, obeys a form of the triangle inequality, and is zero only at the origin.

  6. Scientific notation - Wikipedia

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    Converting a number from scientific notation to decimal notation, first remove the × 10 n on the end, then shift the decimal separator n digits to the right (positive n) or left (negative n). The number 1.2304 × 10 6 would have its decimal separator shifted 6 digits to the right and become 1,230,400, while −4.0321 × 10 −3 would have its ...

  7. Cube root - Wikipedia

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    If this definition is used, the cube root of a negative number is a negative number. The three cube roots of 1. If x and y are allowed to be complex, then there are three solutions (if x is non-zero) and so x has three cube roots. A real number has one real cube root and two further cube roots which form a complex conjugate pair.

  8. Complex number - Wikipedia

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    This formula distinguishes the complex number i from any real number, since the square of any (negative or positive) real number is always a non-negative real number. With this definition of multiplication and addition, familiar rules for the arithmetic of rational or real numbers continue to hold for complex numbers.

  9. Absolute value - Wikipedia

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    The graph of the absolute value function for real numbers The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from zero.. In mathematics, the absolute value or modulus of a real number, denoted | |, is the non-negative value of without regard to its sign.