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  2. Concoction - Wikipedia

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    Concoction is the process of preparing a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients, and also the result of such a process. Historically, the word referred to digestion , as conceived by Aristotle who theorized that this was the result of the heat of the body acting upon the material, causing it to mature and ripen.

  3. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    In applied fields the word "tight" is often used with the same meaning. [2] smooth Smoothness is a concept which mathematics has endowed with many meanings, from simple differentiability to infinite differentiability to analyticity, and still others which are more complicated. Each such usage attempts to invoke the physically intuitive notion ...

  4. Word problem (mathematics education) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, if the one solving the math word problem has a limited understanding of the language (English, Spanish, etc.) they are more likely to not understand what the problem is even asking. In Example 1 (above), if one does not comprehend the definition of the word "spent," they will misunderstand the entire purpose of the word problem.

  5. Word problem (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In computational mathematics, a word problem is the problem of deciding whether two given expressions are equivalent with respect to a set of rewriting identities. A prototypical example is the word problem for groups , but there are many other instances as well.

  6. Algebra - Wikipedia

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    Algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies certain abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems. It is a generalization of arithmetic that introduces variables and algebraic operations other than the standard arithmetic operations, such as addition and multiplication.

  7. Definitions of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle also thought that quantity alone does not distinguish mathematics from sciences like physics; in his view, abstraction and studying quantity as a property "separable in thought" from real instances set mathematics apart. [5] Auguste Comte's definition tried to explain the role of mathematics in coordinating phenomena in all other ...

  8. Can you solve this math problem meant for 14-year-olds?

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    This Test Question Meant for 14-Year-Olds Is Stumping Adults HARTFORD, Conn. (FOXCT) - Standardized testing in the United States has been quite a controversial topic in recent years.

  9. Mathematical structure - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a structure on a set (or on some sets) refers to providing it (or them) with certain additional features (e.g. an operation, relation, metric, or topology). Τhe additional features are attached or related to the set (or to the sets), so as to provide it (or them) with some additional meaning or significance.