- reciprocal fraction
- обратная дробь
English-Russian scientific dictionary. 2008.
reciprocal fraction
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Reciprocal — Re*cip ro*cal, n. 1. That which is reciprocal to another thing. [1913 Webster] Corruption is a reciprocal to generation. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arith. & Alg.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus 1/4 is the reciprocal … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fraction (mathematics) — A cake with one quarter removed. The remaining three quarters are shown. Dotted lines indicate where the cake may be cut in order to divide it into equal parts. Each quarter of the cake is denoted by the fraction 1/4. A fraction (from Latin:… … Wikipedia
Reciprocal Fibonacci constant — The reciprocal Fibonacci constant, or ψ, is defined as the sum of the reciprocals of the Fibonacci numbers::psi = sum {k=1}^{infty} frac{1}{F k} = frac{1}{1} + frac{1}{1} + frac{1}{2} + frac{1}{3} + frac{1}{5} + frac{1}{8} + frac{1}{13} +… … Wikipedia
reciprocal — 1. adjective a) Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two way. b) Something that is contrary or opposite. Syn … Wiktionary
Continued fraction — Finite continued fraction, where a0 is an integer, any other ai are positive integers, and n is a non negative integer. In mathematics, a continued fraction is an expression obtained through an iterative process of representing a number as the… … Wikipedia
Unit fraction — A unit fraction is a rational number written as a fraction where the numerator is one and the denominator is a positive integer. A unit fraction is therefore the reciprocal of a positive integer, 1/ n . Examples are 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/42 etc.… … Wikipedia
Egyptian fraction — An Egyptian fraction is the sum of distinct unit fractions, such as frac{1}{2}+ frac{1}{3}+ frac{1}{16}. That is, each fraction in the expression has a numerator equal to 1 and a denominator that is a positive integer, and all the denominators… … Wikipedia
Methods of computing square roots — There are several methods for calculating the principal square root of a nonnegative real number. For the square roots of a negative or complex number, see below. Contents 1 Rough estimation 2 Babylonian method 2.1 Example … Wikipedia
Multiplicative inverse — The reciprocal function: y = 1/x. For every x except 0, y represents its multiplicative inverse. In mathematics, a multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number x, denoted by 1/x or x−1, is a number which when multiplied by x yields the… … Wikipedia
Fibonacci number — A tiling with squares whose sides are successive Fibonacci numbers in length … Wikipedia
evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… … Universalium
