rational numbers
Noun
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Noun
- plural form of rational number
- (mathematics) The set of numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, often denoted with the bold letter Q, or the blackboard bold letter ℚ.
- 2002, Michael Rosen, Number Theory in Function Fields, page vii ↗,
- Elementary number theory is concerned with the arithmetic properties of the ring of integers, ℤ, and its field of fractions, the rational numbers, ℚ.
- 2004, Ronald S. Irving, Integers, Polynomials, and Rings: A Course in Algebra, page 127 ↗,
- However, if our ring of interest is the rational numbers ℚ, then we see that […] .
- 2012, Thomas E. Kieren, 3: Rational and Fractional Numbers: From Quotient Fields to Recursive Understanding, Thomas P. Carpenter, Elizabeth Fennema, Thomas A. Romberg (editors), Rational Numbers: An Integration of Research, page 53 ↗,
- In the analysis that follows, properties of an ordered quotient field (Birkhoff & MacLane, 1953) are considered, because this chapter is focusing on the rational numbers, a prime example of such a field.
- 2002, Michael Rosen, Number Theory in Function Fields, page vii ↗,
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