Home > Industry/Domain > Mathematics > Number theory

Number theory

Contributors in Number theory

Number theory

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

Mathematics; Number theory

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 ...

Featured blossaries

alex

Category: Animals   1 2 Terms

Futures

Category: Business   1 20 Terms