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  2. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    Unit fractions can also be expressed using negative exponents, as in 21, which represents 1/2, and 22, which represents 1/(2 2) or 1/4. A dyadic fraction is a common fraction in which the denominator is a power of two, e.g. ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠ = ⁠ 1 / 2 3 ⁠. In Unicode, precomposed fraction characters are in the Number Forms block.

  3. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    However, even Ahmes' answer here is inconsistent with the problem's other information. 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 ...

  4. Harmonic series (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Calculus. In mathematics, the harmonic series is the infinite series formed by summing all positive unit fractions : The first terms of the series sum to approximately , where is the natural logarithm and is the Euler–Mascheroni constant. Because the logarithm has arbitrarily large values, the harmonic series does not have a finite limit: it ...

  5. Particular values of the Riemann zeta function - Wikipedia

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    It is known that ζ(3) is irrational (Apéry's theorem) and that infinitely many of the numbers ζ(2n + 1) : n ∈ , are irrational. [1] There are also results on the irrationality of values of the Riemann zeta function at the elements of certain subsets of the positive odd integers; for example, at least one of ζ (5), ζ (7), ζ (9), or ζ ...

  6. Odds - Wikipedia

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    For example, given that there is a pattern of odds of 5/4, 7/4, 9/4 and so on, odds which are mathematically 3/2 are more easily compared if expressed in the equivalent form 6/4. Fractional odds are also known as British odds, UK odds, [ 9 ] or, in that country, traditional odds .

  7. 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯ - Wikipedia

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    1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯. First six summands drawn as portions of a square. The geometric series on the real line. In mathematics, the infinite series ⁠ 1 2 ⁠ + ⁠ 1 4 ⁠ + ⁠ 1 8 ⁠ + ⁠ 1 16 ⁠ + ··· is an elementary example of a geometric series that converges absolutely. The sum of the series is 1. In summation notation ...

  8. Egyptian algebra - Wikipedia

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    For example, problem 8 translates as: (1) Example of calculating 100 loaves of bread of pefsu 20 (2) If someone says to you: "You have 100 loaves of bread of pefsu 20 (3) to be exchanged for beer of pefsu 4 (4) like 1/2 1/4 malt-date beer (5) First calculate the grain required for the 100 loaves of the bread of pefsu 20 (6) The result is 5 heqat.

  9. Fixed-point arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    The correct result would be 1.2 × 5.6 = 6.72. For a more complicated example, suppose that the two numbers 1.2 and 5.6 are represented in 32-bit fixed point format with 30 and 20 fraction bits, respectively. Scaling by 2 30 and 2 20 gives 1 288 490 188.8 and 5 872 025.6, that round to 1 288 490 189 and 5 872 026, respectively. Both numbers ...