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  2. Negative number - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a negative number is the opposite of a positive real number. [1] Equivalently, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are often used to represent the magnitude of a loss or deficiency. A debt that is owed may be thought of as a negative asset.

  3. Bracket (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, [] is the smallest subring of C containing all the integers and ; it consists of all numbers of the form +, where m and n are arbitrary integers. Another example: Z [ 1 / 2 ] {\displaystyle \mathbf {Z} [1/2]} is the subring of Q consisting of all rational numbers whose denominator is a power of 2 .

  4. Negative number - Wikipedia

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    Negative number In mathematics, a negative number is the opposite (mathematics) of a positive real number.[1] Equivalently, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are often used to represent the magnitude of a loss or deficiency. A debt that is owed may be thought of as a negative asset.

  5. List of types of numbers - Wikipedia

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    Negative numbers: Real numbers that are less than zero. Because zero itself has no sign, neither the positive numbers nor the negative numbers include zero. When zero is a possibility, the following terms are often used: Non-negative numbers: Real numbers that are greater than or equal to zero. Thus a non-negative number is either zero or positive.

  6. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    1. Denotes addition and is read as plus; for example, 3 + 2. 2. Denotes that a number is positive and is read as plus. Redundant, but sometimes used for emphasizing that a number is positive, specially when other numbers in the context are or may be negative; for example, +2. 3.

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    It’s been two years, but Luke Wilson is finally weighing in on the time his ex-girlfriend Drew Barrymore and Kate Hudson tried (and failed) to prank call him on The Drew Barrymore Show.. The ...

  8. Plus and minus signs - Wikipedia

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    While in J a negative number is denoted by an underscore, as in _5. In C and some other computer programming languages, two plus signs indicate the increment operator and two minus signs a decrement; the position of the operator before or after the variable indicates whether the new or old value is read from it. For example, if x equals 6, then ...

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    From December 2012 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Kathryn A. Tesija joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -1.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a 1.2 percent return from the S&P 500.