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  2. Square (algebra) - Wikipedia

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    No square root can be taken of a negative number within the system of real numbers, because squares of all real numbers are non-negative. The lack of real square roots for the negative numbers can be used to expand the real number system to the complex numbers, by postulating the imaginary unit i, which is one of the square roots of −1.

  3. Mahāvīra (mathematician) - Wikipedia

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    Mahāvīra's eminence spread throughout southern India and his books proved inspirational to other mathematicians in Southern India. [8] It was translated into the Telugu language by Pavuluri Mallana as Saara Sangraha Ganitamu. [9] He discovered algebraic identities like a 3 = a (a + b) (a − b) + b 2 (a − b) + b 3. [3] He also found out the ...

  4. Nested radical - Wikipedia

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    In the case of two nested square roots, the following theorem completely solves the problem of denesting. [2]If a and c are rational numbers and c is not the square of a rational number, there are two rational numbers x and y such that + = if and only if is the square of a rational number d.

  5. Square root - Wikipedia

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    The square root of a positive integer is the product of the roots of its prime factors, because the square root of a product is the product of the square roots of the factors. Since p 2 k = p k , {\textstyle {\sqrt {p^{2k}}}=p^{k},} only roots of those primes having an odd power in the factorization are necessary.

  6. Methods of computing square roots - Wikipedia

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    From the multiplication tables, the square root of the mantissa must be 8 point something because a is between 8×8 = 64 and 9×9 = 81, so k is 8; something is the decimal representation of R. The fraction R is 75 − k 2 = 11, the numerator, and 81 − k 2 = 17, the denominator. 11/17 is a little less than 12/18 = 2/3 = .67, so guess .66 (it's ...

  7. Radical symbol - Wikipedia

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    The two square roots of a negative number are both imaginary numbers, and the square root symbol refers to the principal square root, the one with a positive imaginary part. For the definition of the principal square root of other complex numbers, see Square root § Principal square root of a complex number.

  8. Congruence of squares - Wikipedia

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    This corresponds to a set of y values whose product is a square number, i.e. one whose factorization has only even exponents. The products of x and y values together form a congruence of squares. This is a classic system of linear equations problem, and can be efficiently solved using Gaussian elimination as soon as the number of rows exceeds ...

  9. Pell number - Wikipedia

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    which is both the t-th triangular number and the s-th square number. A near-isosceles Pythagorean triple is an integer solution to a 2 + b 2 = c 2 where a + 1 = b. The next table shows that splitting the odd number H n into nearly equal halves gives a square triangular number when n is even and a near isosceles Pythagorean triple when n is odd ...