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rational numbers

noun

Definitions

  1. plural of rational number

  2. The set of numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, often denoted with the…

    The set of numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, often denoted with the bold letter Q, or the blackboard bold letter ℚ.

    • Elementary number theory is concerned with the arithmetic properties of the ring of integers, ℤ, and its field of fractions, the rational numbers, ℚ.
    • However, if our ring of interest is the rational numbers ℚ, then we see that[…].
    • In the analysis that follows, properties of an ordered quotient field (Birkhoff & MacLane, 1953) are considered, because this chapter is focusing on the rational numbers, a prime example of such a field.

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No curated loop yet for rational numbers. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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