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  2. Microsoft Excel - Wikipedia

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    In the figure, the fraction 1/9000 is displayed in Excel. Although this number has a decimal representation that is an infinite string of ones, Excel displays only the leading 15 figures. In the second line, the number one is added to the fraction, and again Excel displays only 15 figures. In the third line, one is subtracted from the sum using ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (numbers) - Wikipedia

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    1/52! chance of a specific shuffle Mathematics: The chances of shuffling a standard 52-card deck in any specific order is around 1.24 × 10 −68 (or exactly 1 ⁄ 52!) [4] Computing: The number 1.4 × 10 −45 is approximately equal to the smallest positive non-zero value that can be represented by a single-precision IEEE floating-point value.

  4. Formula for primes - Wikipedia

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    But when + is not prime, the first factor becomes zero and the formula produces the prime number 2. [1] This formula is not an efficient way to generate prime numbers because evaluating n ! mod ( n + 1 ) {\displaystyle n!{\bmod {(}}n+1)} requires about n − 1 {\displaystyle n-1} multiplications and reductions modulo n + 1 {\displaystyle n+1} .

  5. Sampling (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    It is important that the starting point is not automatically the first in the list, but is instead randomly chosen from within the first to the kth element in the list. A simple example would be to select every 10th name from the telephone directory (an 'every 10th' sample, also referred to as 'sampling with a skip of 10').

  6. Isaac Newton - Wikipedia

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    In his work on Newton's rings in 1671, he used a method that was unprecedented in the 17th century, as "he averaged all of the differences, and he then calculated the difference between the average and the value for the first ring", in effect introducing a now standard method for reducing noise in measurements, and which does not appear ...

  7. Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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    The orbital period is one-half of a sidereal day, i.e., 11 hours and 58 minutes, so that the satellites pass over the same locations [92] or almost the same locations [93] every day. The orbits are arranged so that at least six satellites are always within line of sight from everywhere on the Earth's surface (see animation at right). [ 94 ]

  8. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK Permanent Committee on Geographical Names recognises "United Kingdom", "UK" and "U.K." as shortened and abbreviated geopolitical terms for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in its toponymic guidelines; it does not list "Britain" but notes that "it is only the one specific nominal term 'Great Britain' which ...

  9. Graphene - Wikipedia

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    In one such method, multi-walled carbon nanotubes were cut open in solution by action of potassium permanganate and sulfuric acid. [269] [270] In 2014, carbon nanotube-reinforced graphene was made via spin coating and annealing functionalized carbon nanotubes. [244] Another approach sprays buckyballs at supersonic speeds onto a substrate. The ...