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subtraction

Mathematics; Number theory

The process of taking away one number from another to figure out their difference, is called subtraction.

Mach number

Mathematics; Number theory

The ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in air is known as its Mach number in general science.

irrational number

Mathematics; Number theory

A real number that cannot be expressed as a fraction. Square root of two is irrational number.

number

Mathematics; Number theory

One of a series of symbols that occur in order and are used for counting. Numbers other than zero can be positive or negative.

Fermat's Last Theorem was first compiled in 1637 by Pierre de Fermat, a French mathematician, in the margin of ''Arithmetica'', a text about mathematics. It wasn't until 1995 that a successful proof ...

twofold

Mathematics; Number theory

1.- Being twice as great or as many i.e. "a twofold increase in spending" 2.- Having two parts or aspects i.e. "The aims of the study are twofold". Twofold Bay is a bay on the southern coast of the ...

googol

Mathematics; Number theory

A googol is the large number 10100, that is, the digit 1 followed by 100 zeros: or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ...