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  2. Multiplicative inverse - Wikipedia

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    The multiplicative inverse of a fraction a/b is b/a. 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.

  3. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    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 reciprocal of an improper fraction not equal to 1 (that is, numerator and denominator are not ...

  4. Unit fraction - Wikipedia

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    A unit fraction is a positive fraction with one as its numerator, 1/ n. ... (reciprocal) of the denominator of the fraction, which must be a positive natural number ...

  5. 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.

  6. List of mathematical series - Wikipedia

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    2.3 Trigonometric, inverse ... 7.4 Reciprocal of tetrahedral numbers. 7.5 Exponential and logarithms. ... by use of partial fraction decomposition, [8] ...

  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. Proportionality (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The ratio is called coefficient of proportionality (or proportionality constant) and its reciprocal is known as constant of normalization (or normalizing constant). Two sequences are inversely proportional if corresponding elements have a constant product, also called the coefficient of proportionality.

  9. Repeating decimal - Wikipedia

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    Every terminating decimal representation can be written as a decimal fraction, a fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 (e.g. 1.585 = ⁠ 1585 / 1000 ⁠); it may also be written as a ratio of the form ⁠ k / 2 n ·5 m ⁠ (e.g. 1.585 = ⁠ 317 / 2 3 ·5 2 ⁠).