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  2. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    The reciprocal of a fraction is another fraction with the numerator and denominator exchanged. The reciprocal of ⁠ 3 / 7 ⁠, for instance, is ⁠ 7 / 3 ⁠. The product of a non-zero fraction and its reciprocal is 1, hence the reciprocal is the multiplicative inverse of a fraction. The reciprocal of a proper fraction is improper, and the ...

  3. List of sums of reciprocals - Wikipedia

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    The sum of the reciprocals of the pentatope numbers is ⁠ 4 / 3 ⁠ . Sylvester's sequence is an integer sequence in which each member of the sequence is the product of the previous members, plus one. The first few terms of the sequence are 2, 3, 7, 43, 1807 . The sum of the reciprocals of the numbers in Sylvester's sequence is 1.

  4. Multiplicative inverse - Wikipedia

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    For the multiplicative inverse of a real number, divide 1 by the number. For example, the reciprocal of 5 is one fifth (1/5 or 0.2), and the reciprocal of 0.25 is 1 divided by 0.25, or 4. The reciprocal function, the function f(x) that maps x to 1/x, is one of the simplest examples of a function which is its own inverse (an involution).

  5. Unit fraction - Wikipedia

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    Slices of approximately 1/8 of a pizza. A unit fraction is a positive fraction with one as its numerator, 1/ n.It is the multiplicative inverse (reciprocal) of the denominator of the fraction, which must be a positive natural number.

  6. Harmonic progression (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In it, uniform blocks are stacked on top of each other to achieve the maximum sideways or lateral distance covered. The blocks are stacked 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, … distance sideways below the original block. This ensures that the center of gravity is just at the center of the structure so that it does not collapse.

  7. Reciprocal - Wikipedia

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    Multiplicative inverse, in mathematics, the number 1/x, which multiplied by x gives the product 1, also known as a reciprocal; Reciprocal polynomial, a polynomial obtained from another polynomial by reversing its coefficients; Reciprocal rule, a technique in calculus for calculating derivatives of reciprocal functions; Reciprocal spiral, a ...

  8. Simple continued fraction - Wikipedia

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    Now, ⁠ 93 / 43 ⁠ = 2 + ⁠ 7 / 43 ⁠; the remaining fractional part, ⁠ 7 / 43 ⁠, is the reciprocal of ⁠ 43 / 7 ⁠, and ⁠ 43 / 7 ⁠ is around 6.1429. Use 6 as an approximation for this to obtain 2 + ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ as an approximation for ⁠ 93 / 43 ⁠ and 4 + ⁠ 1 / 2 + ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ ⁠ , about 4.4615, as the third approximation.

  9. Fixed-point arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    A fixed-point representation of a fractional number is essentially an integer that is to be implicitly multiplied by a fixed scaling factor. For example, the value 1.23 can be stored in a variable as the integer value 1230 with implicit scaling factor of 1/1000 (meaning that the last 3 decimal digits are implicitly assumed to be a decimal fraction), and the value 1 230 000 can be represented ...