reciprocals

  • 1reciprocals — re·cip·ro·cal || rɪ sɪprÉ™kl n. complement, counterpart, item which is equivalent to another item; pair of fractions whose product is one (Mathematics) adj. mutual, joint, common, shared; performed or given in return …

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  • 2Proof that the sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges — In the third century BC, Euclid proved the existence of infinitely many prime numbers. In the 18th century, Leonhard Euler proved a stronger statement: the sum of the reciprocals of all prime numbers diverges. Here, we present a number of proofs… …

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  • 3Divergence of the sum of the reciprocals of the primes — The sum of the reciprocals of all prime numbers diverges, that is: This was proved by Leonhard Euler in 1737, and strengthens Euclid s 3rd century BC result that there are infinitely many prime numbers. There is a variety of proofs of Euler s… …

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  • 4Convergent series — redirects here. For the short story collection, see Convergent Series (short story collection). In mathematics, a series is the sum of the terms of a sequence of numbers. Given a sequence , the nth partial sum Sn is the sum of the first n terms… …

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  • 5Multiplicative inverse — The reciprocal function: y = 1/x. For every x except 0, y represents its multiplicative inverse. In mathematics, a multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number x, denoted by 1/x or x−1, is a number which when multiplied by x yields the… …

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  • 6Regular number — The numbers that evenly divide the powers of 60 arise in several areas of mathematics and its applications, and have different names coming from these different areas of study. As an example, 602 = 3600 = 48 times; 75, so both 48 and 75 are… …

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  • 7mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …

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  • 8Недялков, Владимир Петрович — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Недялков. Владимир Петрович Недялков (род. 4 января 1928, Одесса  ум. 21 июля 2009, Санкт Петербург)  русский лингвист. Профессор, доктор филологических наук, главный научный… …

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  • 9harmonic mean — noun the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑mean, ↑mean value * * * noun 1. : the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of two… …

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  • 10Fermat number — In mathematics, a Fermat number, named after Pierre de Fermat who first studied them, is a positive integer of the form:F {n} = 2^{2^{ overset{n} {} + 1where n is a nonnegative integer. The first nine Fermat numbers are OEIS|id=A000215:As of|2008 …

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