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  • 21Chaitin's constant — In the computer science subfield of algorithmic information theory, a Chaitin constant or halting probability is a real number that informally represents the probability that a randomly constructed program will halt. These numbers are formed from …

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  • 22Transcendental number — In mathematics, a transcendental number is a complex number that is not algebraic, that is, not a solution of a non zero polynomial equation with rational coefficients.The most prominent examples of transcendental numbers are π and e . Only a few …

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  • 23Liouville number — In number theory, a Liouville number is a real number x with the property that, for every positive integer n, there exist integers p and q with q > 1 and such that A Liouville number can thus be approximated quite closely by a sequence of… …

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  • 24Normal number — For the floating point meaning in computing, see normal number (computing). In mathematics, a normal number is a real number whose infinite sequence of digits in every base b[1] is distributed uniformly in the sense that each of the b digit… …

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  • 25p-adic number — In mathematics, and chiefly number theory, the p adic number system for any prime number p extends the ordinary arithmetic of the rational numbers in a way different from the extension of the rational number system to the real and complex number… …

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  • 26Prime number — Prime redirects here. For other uses, see Prime (disambiguation). A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is… …

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  • 27Hyperreal number — *R redirects here. For R*, see Rockstar Games. The system of hyperreal numbers represents a rigorous method of treating the infinite and infinitesimal quantities. The hyperreals, or nonstandard reals, *R, are an extension of the real numbers R… …

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  • 28P-adic number — In mathematics, the p adic number systems were first described by Kurt Hensel in 1897 [cite journal | last = Hensel | first = Kurt | title = Über eine neue Begründung der Theorie der algebraischen Zahlen | journal =… …

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  • 29Champernowne constant — In mathematics, the Champernowne constant C10 is a transcendental real constant whose decimal expansion has important properties. It is named after mathematician D. G. Champernowne, who published it as an undergraduate in 1933. In base 10, the… …

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  • 30Irrational number — In mathematics, an irrational number is any real number that is not a rational number that is, it is a number which cannot be expressed as a fraction m / n , where m and n are integers, with n non zero. Informally, this means numbers that cannot… …

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