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  2. Expression (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, is an expression, while the inequality is a formula. To evaluate an expression means to find a numerical value equivalent to the expression. [3] [4] Expressions can be evaluated or simplified by replacing operations that appear in them with their result.

  3. Mathematical notation - Wikipedia

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    For example, the physicist Albert Einstein's formula = is the quantitative representation in mathematical notation of mass–energy equivalence. [ 1 ] Mathematical notation was first introduced by François Viète at the end of the 16th century and largely expanded during the 17th and 18th centuries by René Descartes , Isaac Newton , Gottfried ...

  4. Algebraic expression - Wikipedia

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    A rational algebraic expression (or rational expression) is an algebraic expression that can be written as a quotient of polynomials, such as x 2 + 4x + 4. An irrational algebraic expression is one that is not rational, such as √ x + 4.

  5. Order of operations - Wikipedia

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    For example, multiplication is granted a higher precedence than addition, and it has been this way since the introduction of modern algebraic notation. [2] [3] Thus, in the expression 1 + 2 × 3, the multiplication is performed before addition, and the expression has the value 1 + (2 × 3) = 7, and not (1 + 2) × 3 = 9.

  6. Closed-form expression - Wikipedia

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    The quadratic formula =. is a closed form of the solutions to the general quadratic equation + + =. More generally, in the context of polynomial equations, a closed form of a solution is a solution in radicals; that is, a closed-form expression for which the allowed functions are only n th-roots and field operations (+,,, /).

  7. Equation solving - Wikipedia

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    An example of using Newton–Raphson method to solve numerically the equation f(x) = 0. In mathematics, to solve an equation is to find its solutions, which are the values (numbers, functions, sets, etc.) that fulfill the condition stated by the equation, consisting generally of two expressions related by an equals sign.

  8. Coefficient - Wikipedia

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    For example, if y is considered a parameter in the above expression, then the coefficient of x would be −3y, and the constant coefficient (with respect to x) would be 1.5 + y. When one writes a x 2 + b x + c , {\displaystyle ax^{2}+bx+c,} it is generally assumed that x is the only variable, and that a , b and c are parameters; thus the ...

  9. Number sentence - Wikipedia

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    A valid number sentence that is true: 83 + 19 = 102. A valid number sentence that is false: 1 + 1 = 3. A valid number sentence using a 'less than' symbol: 3 + 6 < 10.