Posts Tagged ‘notation’
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
How to Identify Coprime Numbers
Description
A detailed tutorial on identifying coprime numbers. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to identify coprime numbers for reference.
Overview
Two numbers are considered to be coprime, or relatively prime, if they have no common positive factor other than 1, or if their greatest common divisor is 1. Sometimes the notation for perpendicular is used to say that a number A is coprime to another number B. The term coprime was invented because the numbers are prime together, but are not prime themselves. A prime number can be coprime with any number.
Tags: arithmetic, common, coprime, divisor, factor, greatest, notation, number, one, perpendicular, positive, prime, relatively
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
The Notation of Basic Number Sets
Description
A detailed tutorial on basic number sets. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the notation of basic number sets for reference.
Overview
There are four basic number sets – N, Z, Q, R. N belongs to Z, and Z and Q belongs to R. This means N also belongs to R. N is the set of all natural numbers. Z is the set of all integers. Q is the set of all rational numbers. R is the set of all real numbers. All the notations of these sets were picked because they relate to certain words. N and R were chosen because they stand for natural and real – which is what the sets are. Q means quotient, because rational numbers are a quotient of any integer provided the denominator is not 0. Z was picked because it stands for zahlen – a German word meaning numbers, and Z is indeed a set of (almost) all numbers.
Tags: all, arithmetic, integer, n!, natural, notation, number, Q, quotient, r, rational, real, set, z, zahlen
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Notation in Set Theory
Description
A detailed tutorial of the notation in set theory. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the notation in set theory for reference.
Overview
The notation for set theory, also called set notation or set-builder notation, is simple. It consists of a special curled bracket enclosing the elements of the set. It also includes a variable, x. When using the notation for set theory, your elements will be arranged such as {x|x = …}. You could have what x is equal to, what x in not equal to, you could say that x is less than or greater than something, or that x must be something. Whatever x is, is part of your set. If x is a natural number less than 2, then your only element is 1. Reading the set and writing the set is not difficult, but can be confusing if you don’t understand that all x stands for is all the elements of the set, and has no significance outside of that.
Tags: bracket, discrete math, elements, equals, Math, notation, set, set-builder, theory, variable, x
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Explanation of Leibniz Notation
Description
A detailed tutorial on Leibniz notation. Step by step tutorial including several examples of Leibniz notation for reference. Knowledge of Leibniz notation is mandatory for calculus.
Overview
Leibniz notation is a common notation in calculus that helps to identify derivaties. In Leibniz notation, the terms dx and dy are used for derivatives of x and y. This can be used with any variable. Typically this will be expressed in a fraction form, as dy / dx. This form says that you take the derivative of x in respect to y. This notation can be used for integrals as well as derivatives, although it was first developed for use with derivatives.
Tags: anti-derivative, Calculus, change, derivative, dx, dy, function, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, infinitely small, integral, Leibniz, Math, notation, with respect to
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
How to Test for Convergence Using the Geometric Series Test
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to test for convergence using the geometric series test. Step by step tutorial including several examples of testing for convergence using the geometric series test for reference.
Overview
A geometric series is a series that maintains a constant ratio between a set of terms. This series is an addition series, and would be expressed as 1/a + 1/2a + 1/4a, extending as far as you wish in either direction. If a series does not have that constant ratio, then it is not a geometric series. The series should converge at one, because as all the numbers are added they get closer and closer to one. The first term of a geometric series is given by a, and the ratio of a geometric series is given by r. If the ratio is less than one, then the geometric series converges to a / (1 – r). If the ratio is greater than or equal to one, then the series diverges. Usually the series will converge, which is why this is considered a test for convergence and not for divergence.
Tags: a, addition, Calculus, converge, convergence, diverge, divergence, equal to, first term, geometric, greater than, less than, Math, notation, r, ratio, series, summation, test
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