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... integers 0 , ± 1 , ± 2 , . . . under ordinary addition and multiplication ; it is commonly designated Z. From the domain Z can be constructed a very important class of modular number systems Z " , one for each positive integer n > 1 ...
... integers 0 , ± 1 , ± 2 , . . . under ordinary addition and multiplication ; it is commonly designated Z. From the domain Z can be constructed a very important class of modular number systems Z " , one for each positive integer n > 1 ...
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... integer times a ( nonpositive ) power of 10. The Greeks proved that √2 is not a rational number — that is , not a quotient p / q of any integers p and q . But they apparently found for √2 an approximate representation by certain ...
... integer times a ( nonpositive ) power of 10. The Greeks proved that √2 is not a rational number — that is , not a quotient p / q of any integers p and q . But they apparently found for √2 an approximate representation by certain ...
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... integers ( see sequence 35 ) , an alter- nating sequence of the integers one and zero ( see 36 ) , an alternating sequence of integers ( alternating means that the sign of each term is opposite to that of the preceding term ; see 37 ) ...
... integers ( see sequence 35 ) , an alter- nating sequence of the integers one and zero ( see 36 ) , an alternating sequence of integers ( alternating means that the sign of each term is opposite to that of the preceding term ; see 37 ) ...
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