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  2. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    Happily the context of 51 and 52, together with the base, mid-line, and smaller triangle area (which are given as 4 + 1/2, 2 + 1/4 and 7 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8, respectively) make it possible to interpret the problem and its solution as has been done here. The given paraphrase therefore represents a consistent best guess as to the problem's intent ...

  3. The monkey and the coconuts - Wikipedia

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    So the number of coconuts that could be in the pile is k · 25 – 4. k=1 yielding 21 is the smallest positive number that can be successively divided by 5 twice with remainder 1. If there are 5 divisions, then multiples of 5 5 =3125 are required; the smallest such number is 3125 – 4 = 3121. After 5 divisions, there are 1020 coconuts left ...

  4. Golden ratio - Wikipedia

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    The golden ratio is also an algebraic number and even an algebraic integer. It has minimal polynomial. This quadratic polynomial has two roots, and. The golden ratio is also closely related to the polynomial. which has roots and As the root of a quadratic polynomial, the golden ratio is a constructible number.

  5. Magic square - Wikipedia

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    For odd square, since there are (n - 1)/2 same sided rows or columns, there are (n - 1)(n - 3)/8 pairs of such rows or columns that can be interchanged. Thus, there are 2 (n - 1)(n - 3)/8 × 2 (n - 1)(n - 3)/8 = 2 (n - 1)(n - 3)/4 equivalent magic squares obtained by combining such interchanges. Interchanging all the same sided rows flips each ...

  6. Parity (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, parity is the property of an integer of whether it is even or odd. An integer is even if it is divisible by 2, and odd if it is not. [1] For example, −4, 0, and 82 are even numbers, while −3, 5, 7, and 21 are odd numbers. The above definition of parity applies only to integer numbers, hence it cannot be applied to numbers ...

  7. Dimensionless quantity - Wikipedia

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    Dimensionless quantities, or quantities of dimension one, [1] are quantities implicitly defined in a manner that prevents their aggregation into units of measurement. [2][3] Typically expressed as ratios that align with another system, these quantities do not necessitate explicitly defined units. For instance, alcohol by volume (ABV) represents ...

  8. Eight-dimensional space - Wikipedia

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    Eight-dimensional space. In mathematics, a sequence of n real numbers can be understood as a location in n - dimensional space. When n = 8, the set of all such locations is called 8-dimensional space. Often such spaces are studied as vector spaces, without any notion of distance. Eight-dimensional Euclidean space is eight-dimensional space ...

  9. Volume of an n-ball - Wikipedia

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    The base cases of the induction are the 0-ball and the 1-ball, which can be checked directly using the facts Γ(1) = 1 and Γ(⁠ 3 / 2 ⁠) = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ · Γ(⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠) = ⁠ √ π / 2 ⁠. The inductive step is similar to the above, but instead of applying proportionality to the volumes of the ( n − 2) -balls, the inductive ...