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  2. Mental calculation - Wikipedia

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    If the result of step 4 does not equal the result of step 5, then the original answer is wrong. If the two results match, then the original answer may be right, though it is not guaranteed to be. Example Assume the calculation 6,338 × 79, manually done, yielded a result of 500,702: Sum the digits of 6,338: (6 + 3 = 9, so count that as 0) + 3 ...

  3. Expression (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, 3x 2 − 2xy + c is an algebraic expression. Since taking the square root is the same as raising to the power ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠, the following is also an algebraic expression: + See also: Algebraic equation and Algebraic closure

  4. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    The roots of the quadratic function y = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ x 2 − 3x + ⁠ 5 / 2 ⁠ are the places where the graph intersects the x-axis, the values x = 1 and x = 5. They can be found via the quadratic formula. In elementary algebra, the quadratic formula is a closed-form expression describing the solutions of a quadratic equation.

  5. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    Graph of the cubic function f(x) = 2x 3 − 3x 2 − 3x + 2 = (x + 1) (2x − 1) (x − 2) In the 7th century, the Tang dynasty astronomer mathematician Wang Xiaotong in his mathematical treatise titled Jigu Suanjing systematically established and solved numerically 25 cubic equations of the form x 3 + px 2 + qx = N , 23 of them with p , q ≠ ...

  6. Golden ratio - Wikipedia

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    Its two equal sides are in the golden ratio to its base. [47] The triangle formed by two sides and a diagonal of a regular pentagon is called a golden gnomon . It is an obtuse isosceles triangle with apex angle ⁠ 108 ∘ {\displaystyle 108^{\circ }} ⁠ and base angle ⁠ 36 ∘ {\displaystyle 36^{\circ }\!} ⁠ .

  7. Floor and ceiling functions - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the floor function is the function that takes as input a real number x, and gives as output the greatest integer less than or equal to x, denoted ⌊x⌋ or floor(x). Similarly, the ceiling function maps x to the least integer greater than or equal to x, denoted ⌈x⌉ or ceil(x). [1]

  8. Fixed point (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The opposite usage occasionally appears. [4] Malkis justifies the definition presented here as follows: "since f is before the inequality sign in the term f(x) ≤ x, such x is called a prefix point." [5] A fixed point is a point that is both a prefixpoint and a postfixpoint.

  9. System of polynomial equations - Wikipedia

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    The Barth surface, shown in the figure is the geometric representation of the solutions of a polynomial system reduced to a single equation of degree 6 in 3 variables. Some of its numerous singular points are visible on the image. They are the solutions of a system of 4 equations of degree 5 in 3 variables.