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  2. Slide rule - Wikipedia

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    The pocket-sized Hewlett-Packard HP-35 scientific calculator was the first handheld device of its type, but it cost US$395 in 1972. This was justifiable for some engineering professionals, but too expensive for most students. Around 1974, lower-cost handheld electronic scientific calculators started to make slide rules largely obsolete.

  3. 121 (number) - Wikipedia

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    In decimal, it is a Smith number since its digits add up to the same value as its factorization (which uses the same digits) and as a consequence of that it is a Friedman number (). But it cannot be expressed as the sum of any other number plus that number's digits, making 121 a self number .

  4. Aspect ratio (image) - Wikipedia

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    In actual images, these extra pixels are often partly or entirely black, as only the center 704 horizontal pixels carry actual 4:3 or 16:9 image. Hence, the actual pixel aspect ratio PAR for PAL video is a little different from that given by the formula, specifically 12:11 for PAL and 10:11 for NTSC.

  5. Mathematical fallacy - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, certain kinds of mistaken proof are often exhibited, and sometimes collected, as illustrations of a concept called mathematical fallacy.There is a distinction between a simple mistake and a mathematical fallacy in a proof, in that a mistake in a proof leads to an invalid proof while in the best-known examples of mathematical fallacies there is some element of concealment or ...

  6. National debt of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [121] President Biden also allocated significant amounts of money towards relief of the COVID-19 pandemic . According to a May 2021 report, Biden has or plans to spend $5.72 (~$6.35 trillion in 2023) trillion dollars toward this effort and others such as climate change including providing stimulus checks and serving schools and low-income ...

  7. Timeline of scientific discoveries - Wikipedia

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    By the 5th century: The decimal separator is developed in India, [76] as recorded in al-Uqlidisi's later commentary on Indian mathematics. [77] By the 5th century: The elliptical orbits of planets are discovered in India by at least the time of Aryabhata, and are used for the calculations of orbital periods and eclipse timings. [78]

  8. Carl Friedrich Gauss - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist (1777–1855) "Gauss" redirects here. For other uses, see Gauss (disambiguation). Carl Friedrich Gauss Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1840 (copy from Gottlieb Biermann, 1887) Born Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-04-30) 30 ...