Posts Tagged ‘inequalities’
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Overview of Isoperimetric Inequalities
Description
A detailed tutorial on isoperimetric inequalities. Step by step tutorial including several examples of isoperimetric inequalities for reference.
Overview
An isoperimetric inequality is actually a geometric inquality. It deals with the square of a circumference of a closed curve in a plane and the area of the region it encloses. Isoperimetric means to have the same perimeter. The isoperimetric problem is used in conjunction the isoperimetric inequality to determine the measure of the plane figure.
Tags: area, circumeference, closed, curve, differential equations, figure, geometric, inequalities, inequality, isoperimetric, meausre, perimeter, plane, problem, region, square
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Order Properties of Natural Numbers
Description
A detailed tutorial on the order properties of natural numbers. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the order properties of natural numbers for reference.
Overview
The order properties are one of the eight sets of properties of natural numbers. The order properties are all based off of inequalities and how to order inequalities. Less than and less than or equal to are the two that are used in the order properties. There are five order properties in all. Since the order properties are of natural numbers, in order to prove the order properties your examples must be natural numbers, or positive integers greater than or equal to one.
Tags: arithmetic, equal, greater than, greater than or equal to, inequalities, less than, less than or equal to, n!, natural, number, order, property, x, y, z
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Introduction to the Number Line
Description
A detailed tutorial on the number line. Step by step tutorial including several examples of when and how use the number line for reference.
Overview
The number line is a basic concept in math that helps to visualize where all the numbers are. On a traditional number line, the number zero is placed in the middle, with numbers going up by one lining either side (the left side is negative, the right side is positive). The number line stretches to infinity in both directions. The number line is used when first learning math to assist with addition and subtraction. The number line is brought up again in algebra, to help with inequalities. Often inequalities are graphed on the number line, to show possible values of the variable given.
Tags: addition, arithmetic, graph, greater than, inequalities, infinity, less than, Math, negative, number line, positive, subtraction
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