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  2. Indian mathematics - Wikipedia

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    square roots, cube roots, and the series extending beyond these; Plane geometry; Solid geometry; Problems relating to the casting of shadows; Formulae derived to calculate the area of an ellipse and quadrilateral inside a circle. Mahavira also: Asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist

  3. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    There is no general consensus about the definition of mathematics or its epistemological status—that is, its place inside knowledge. A great many professional mathematicians take no interest in a definition of mathematics, or consider it undefinable. There is not even consensus on whether mathematics is an art or a science.

  4. Geometric mean - Wikipedia

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    The geometric mean of the three numbers is the cube root of their product, for example with numbers ⁠ ⁠, ⁠ ⁠, and ⁠ ⁠, the geometric mean is = =. The geometric mean is useful whenever the quantities to be averaged combine multiplicatively, such as population growth rates or interest rates of a financial investment.

  5. Mahāvīra (mathematician) - Wikipedia

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    He asserted that the square root of a negative number does not exist. [12] Arithmetic operations utilized in his works like Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha(Ganita Sara Sangraha) uses decimal place-value system and include the use of zero. However, he erroneously states that a number divided by zero remains unchanged. [13]

  6. List of Indian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The usage of the zero in the Bakhshali manuscript was dated from between 3rd and 4th centuries, making it the earliest known usage of a written zero, in a decimal place value system. [167] Hindu number system – With decimal place-value and a symbol for zero, this system was the ancestor of the widely used Arabic numeral system. It was ...

  7. Uniform 4-polytope - Wikipedia

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    1998 [5]-2000: The 4-polytopes were systematically named by Norman Johnson, and given by George Olshevsky's online indexed enumeration (used as a basis for this listing). Johnson named the 4-polytopes as polychora, like polyhedra for 3-polytopes, from the Greek roots poly ("many") and choros ("room" or "space"). [ 6 ]

  8. WEBN - Wikipedia

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    WEBN (102.7 FM) – branded as 102-7 WEBN – is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, serving Greater Cincinnati.Owned by iHeartMedia, WEBN serves as the FM flagship for the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network; and the home of radio personality Christopher "Kidd Chris" Foley.