69 relations: Adrien-Marie Legendre, ALGOL, APL (programming language), Balthasar van der Pol, Base (exponentiation), BASIC, Beatty sequence, C (programming language), C++, Cambridge University Press, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Code point, Complex number, Computer science, Continuous function, Coprime integers, Euler–Mascheroni constant, Fourier series, Fractional part, Function (mathematics), Galois connection, Gauss's lemma (number theory), Hermite's identity, Idempotence, If and only if, Indicator function, Integer, International Electrotechnical Commission, International Organization for Standardization, Irrational number, J (programming language), Kenneth E. Iverson, Kurt Mahler, LaTeX, Legendre symbol, Legendre's formula, LibreOffice, Mathematics, Microsoft Excel, Mills' constant, Modulo operation, Natural number, Nearest integer function, Office Open XML, OpenDocument, OpenOffice.org, Order theory, Oxford University Press, PHP, Piecewise linear function, ..., Power series, Python (programming language), Quadratic reciprocity, R (programming language), Real number, Residuated mapping, Riemann zeta function, Rounding, Sawtooth wave, Semi-continuity, Sign function, Spreadsheet, Springer Science+Business Media, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Step function, Truncation, Unicode, Waring's problem, Wilson's theorem. Expand index (19 more) »
Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre (18 September 1752 – 10 January 1833) was a French mathematician.
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ALGOL
ALGOL (short for "Algorithmic Language") is a family of imperative computer programming languages, originally developed in the mid-1950s, which greatly influenced many other languages and was the standard method for algorithm description used by the ACM in textbooks and academic sources for more than thirty years.
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APL (programming language)
APL (named after the book A Programming Language) is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson.
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Balthasar van der Pol
Balthasar van der Pol (27 January 1889 – 6 October 1959) was a Dutch physicist.
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Base (exponentiation)
In exponentiation, the base is the number b in an expression of the form bn.
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BASIC
BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use.
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Beatty sequence
In mathematics, a Beatty sequence (or homogeneous Beatty sequence) is the sequence of integers found by taking the floor of the positive multiples of a positive irrational number.
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C (programming language)
C (as in the letter ''c'') is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.
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C++
C++ ("see plus plus") is a general-purpose programming language.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß; Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 177723 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields, including algebra, analysis, astronomy, differential geometry, electrostatics, geodesy, geophysics, magnetic fields, matrix theory, mechanics, number theory, optics and statistics.
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Code point
In character encoding terminology, a code point or code position is any of the numerical values that make up the code space.
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Complex number
A complex number is a number that can be expressed in the form, where and are real numbers, and is a solution of the equation.
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Computer science
Computer science deals with the theoretical foundations of information and computation, together with practical techniques for the implementation and application of these foundations.
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Continuous function
In mathematics, a continuous function is a function for which sufficiently small changes in the input result in arbitrarily small changes in the output.
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Coprime integers
In number theory, two integers and are said to be relatively prime, mutually prime, or coprime (also written co-prime) if the only positive integer (factor) that divides both of them is 1.
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Euler–Mascheroni constant
The Euler–Mascheroni constant (also called Euler's constant) is a mathematical constant recurring in analysis and number theory, usually denoted by the lowercase Greek letter gamma.
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Fourier series
In mathematics, a Fourier series is a way to represent a function as the sum of simple sine waves.
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Fractional part
The fractional part or decimal part of a non‐negative real number x is the excess beyond that number's integer part.
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Function (mathematics)
In mathematics, a function was originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity.
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Galois connection
In mathematics, especially in order theory, a Galois connection is a particular correspondence (typically) between two partially ordered sets (posets).
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Gauss's lemma (number theory)
Gauss's lemma in number theory gives a condition for an integer to be a quadratic residue.
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Hermite's identity
In mathematics, Hermite's identity, named after Charles Hermite, gives the value of a summation involving the floor function.
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Idempotence
Idempotence is the property of certain operations in mathematics and computer science that they can be applied multiple times without changing the result beyond the initial application.
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If and only if
In logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, if and only if (shortened iff) is a biconditional logical connective between statements.
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Indicator function
In mathematics, an indicator function or a characteristic function is a function defined on a set X that indicates membership of an element in a subset A of X, having the value 1 for all elements of A and the value 0 for all elements of X not in A. It is usually denoted by a symbol 1 or I, sometimes in boldface or blackboard boldface, with a subscript specifying the subset.
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Integer
An integer (from the Latin ''integer'' meaning "whole")Integer 's first literal meaning in Latin is "untouched", from in ("not") plus tangere ("to touch").
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International Electrotechnical Commission
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: Commission électrotechnique internationale) is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as "electrotechnology".
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International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.
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Irrational number
In mathematics, the irrational numbers are all the real numbers which are not rational numbers, the latter being the numbers constructed from ratios (or fractions) of integers.
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J (programming language)
The J programming language, developed in the early 1990s by Kenneth E. Iverson and Roger Hui, is a synthesis of APL (also by Iverson) and the FP and FL function-level languages created by John Backus.
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Kenneth E. Iverson
Kenneth Eugene Iverson (17 December 1920 – 19 October 2004) was a Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the programming language APL.
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Kurt Mahler
Kurt Mahler FRS (26 July 1903, Krefeld, Germany – 25 February 1988, Canberra, Australia) was a mathematician.
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LaTeX
LaTeX (or; a shortening of Lamport TeX) is a document preparation system.
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Legendre symbol
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Legendre's formula
In mathematics, Legendre's formula gives an expression for the exponent of the largest power of a prime p that divides the factorial n!.
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LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite, a project of The Document Foundation.
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Mathematics
Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.
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Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
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Mills' constant
In number theory, Mills' constant is defined as the smallest positive real number A such that the floor function of the double exponential function is a prime number, for all natural numbers n. This constant is named after William H. Mills who proved in 1947 the existence of A based on results of Guido Hoheisel and Albert Ingham on the prime gaps.
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Modulo operation
In computing, the modulo operation finds the remainder after division of one number by another (sometimes called modulus).
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Natural number
In mathematics, the natural numbers are those used for counting (as in "there are six coins on the table") and ordering (as in "this is the third largest city in the country").
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Nearest integer function
In computer science, the nearest integer function of real number x denoted variously by, \lfloor x \rceil, \Vert x \Vert, nint(x), or Round(x), is a function which returns the nearest integer to x. To avoid ambiguity when operating on half-integers, a rounding rule must be chosen.
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Office Open XML
Office Open XML (also informally known as OOXML or Microsoft Open XML (MOX)) is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents.
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OpenDocument
The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, is a ZIP-compressed XML-based file format for spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents.
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OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite.
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Order theory
Order theory is a branch of mathematics which investigates the intuitive notion of order using binary relations.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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PHP
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (or simply PHP) is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language.
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Piecewise linear function
In mathematics, a piecewise linear function is a real-valued function defined on the real numbers or a segment thereof, whose graph is composed of straight-line sections.
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Power series
In mathematics, a power series (in one variable) is an infinite series of the form where an represents the coefficient of the nth term and c is a constant.
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Python (programming language)
Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming.
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Quadratic reciprocity
In number theory, the law of quadratic reciprocity is a theorem about modular arithmetic that gives conditions for the solvability of quadratic equations modulo prime numbers.
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R (programming language)
R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics that is supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing.
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Real number
In mathematics, a real number is a value of a continuous quantity that can represent a distance along a line.
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Residuated mapping
In mathematics, the concept of a residuated mapping arises in the theory of partially ordered sets.
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Riemann zeta function
The Riemann zeta function or Euler–Riemann zeta function,, is a function of a complex variable s that analytically continues the sum of the Dirichlet series which converges when the real part of is greater than 1.
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Rounding
Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation; for example, replacing $ with $, or the fraction 312/937 with 1/3, or the expression with.
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Sawtooth wave
The sawtooth wave (or saw wave) is a kind of non-sinusoidal waveform.
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Semi-continuity
In mathematical analysis, semi-continuity (or semicontinuity) is a property of extended real-valued functions that is weaker than continuity.
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Sign function
In mathematics, the sign function or signum function (from signum, Latin for "sign") is an odd mathematical function that extracts the sign of a real number.
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Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is an interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form.
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Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable.
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Step function
In mathematics, a function on the real numbers is called a step function (or staircase function) if it can be written as a finite linear combination of indicator functions of intervals.
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Truncation
In mathematics and computer science, truncation is limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point.
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Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems.
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Waring's problem
In number theory, Waring's problem asks whether each natural number k has an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers to the power of k. For example, every natural number is the sum of at most 4 squares, 9 cubes, or 19 fourth powers.
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Wilson's theorem
In number theory, Wilson's theorem states that a natural number n > 1 is a prime number if and only if the product of all the positive integers less than n is one less than a multiple of n. That is (using the notations of modular arithmetic), one has that the factorial (n - 1)!.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions