mathematics, a negative number represents an opposite. In the real number system, a negative number is a number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are...
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Sign (mathematics) (redirect from Non-negative number)
In mathematics, the sign of a real number is its property of being either positive, negative, or 0. Depending on local conventions, zero may be considered...
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the first to present a calculation involving the square root of a negative number, it was Rafael Bombelli who first set down the rules for multiplication...
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up negative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Negative may refer to: Negative number Minus sign (−), the mathematical symbol Negative mass Negative energy...
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from the number that it represents. In mathematics, the notion of number has been extended over the centuries to include zero (0), negative numbers, rational...
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Signed zero (redirect from Negative zero)
of the extended real number line such that 1/−0 = −∞ and 1/+0 = +∞; division is undefined only for ±0/±0 and ±∞/±∞. Negatively signed zero echoes the...
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Two's complement (redirect from Most negative number)
number is positive or negative; when the most significant bit is 1 the number is signed as negative and when the most significant bit is 0 the number...
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computing, signed number representations are required to encode negative numbers in binary number systems. In mathematics, negative numbers in any base...
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Plus and minus signs (redirect from Negative signs)
names a negative number, the additive inverse of the positive number that the numeral would otherwise name. In this usage, '−5' names a number the same...
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−1 (redirect from Negative one)
In mathematics, −1 (negative one or minus one) is the additive inverse of 1, that is, the number that when added to 1 gives the additive identity element...
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