Math Flashcards

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Number has 2 positive divisors, 1 and itself

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Prime numbers

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These numbers consist of a real and imaginary part!

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Complex numbers

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3
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What is the transcendental number approximately equal to 3.14159?

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Pi

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Whole numbers, negative numbers, and zero are included in this mathematical set

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Integers

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This is the point where to lines curve, or edges meet

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Vertex

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What branch of mathematics calculates the likelihood of an event occurring

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Probability

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This mathematical constant is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter .
It’s a irrational number
It is represented by a Greek letter
It appears in many formulas in geometry and calculus

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Pi

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This theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of a hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Right triangles
Ancient Greece

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Pythagorean Theorem

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This function, represented by an exclamation mark, multiplies all positive integers up to a given number
Permutations
Combinatorics
This functioned generalized by gamma function
This function gives help to organize numbers in distinctive rows.

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Factorial

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10
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What is the sum of the interior angles of any triangle?
It is measured in degrees
It is the same for all triangles

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180 degrees

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What is the square root of 144?
It is an even number
It is the product of 12x12

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12

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What term refers to the sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of values in the set?
It is also known as mean
It is different then median and mode

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Average

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What U-shaped curve is formed by graphing a quadratic function?
It is symmetric
It can open upward and downward

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Parabola

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What mathematical concept describes quantities that have both magnitude and direction, such as velocity and force?
It is commonly used in physics
It is represented by a arrow
This term refers to organisms which can carry and transmit diseases

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Vectors

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What irrational number represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter?
It appears in geometry and trigonometry formulas

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Pi

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What mathematical operation involves raising a number to the power of another number, such as x raised to y?
Squaring cubing are examples of this operation
It is a opposite of taking a logarithm

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Exponentiation

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• Finite power series.
• Include variables and coefficients.
• x² - 1 is an example.
• Degree n → n roots.

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Polynomials

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• Repeated addition.
• Not commutative for matrices.
• Used in exponentiation.
• 2 × 3 = 6.

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Multiplication

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• Product of all positive integers ≤ n.
• Written with an exclamation point.
• Stirling’s approximation.
• 3! = 6, 4! = 24.
• Used in combinations.

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• 3 sides, 3 angles.
• Area: Heron’s formula.
• Angles = 180°.
• Used in Minkowski space.
• Simplest polygon

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• Has 3D symmetry.
• Related to spherical harmonics.
• Angles of triangle on it > 180°.
• Surface area = 4πr².
• Shape of planets.

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• Equal to 3 × 11
• A perfect square
• First reverse divisible number
• Used in numerical magic tricks
• Followed by twin primes

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• Appears in Euler’s identity
• Used in circle circumference: C = 2\pi r
• Equal to 180 degrees in radians
• Approximate value is 3.14 or 22/7
• Estimated in Buffon’s needle problem

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• Has an eccentricity of zero
• Equation in polar coordinates: r = constant
• Area is πr²
• Cartesian product gives a torus
• All points are equidistant from a cent

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These objects of 5 degrees or higher cannot be solved algebraically. These objects can be factored using difference of cubes or squares Can be multiplied using FOIL
Polynomials
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Property Infinite continued fraction Roots of polynomial Golden ratio and pi Cannot be represented as quotient of two integers Drichlet
Irrational number
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• Detected by observatories like Super-Kamiokande and IceCube • Nearly massless and uncharged • Involved in flavor oscillation between subtypes like tau, muon, and electron • Extremely difficult to detect due to rare interactions • Their discovery would prove they are their own antiparticles
Neutrinos
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• Found in matrices and vector spaces • Equals the number of coordinates required to define a point in space • A tesseract has four of these • Also known as rank in linear algebra • Dimension 3 corresponds to a cube
Dimensions
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• Known for the fifth postulate in geometry • Explains a unique line through a point • Challenged in hyperbolic geometry by Lobachevsky and Bolyai • Also called the parallel postulate • Part of Euclid’s axioms
Parallel
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• Differentiation is the inverse of this operation • The indefinite form requires adding the constant C • The trapezoidal rule and Riemann sums approximate it • Finds the area under a curve • Partial fraction decomposition is a method used
Integration
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• Known for the Pythagorean Theorem • Studied musical intervals and mathematical ratios • According to legend, drowned a student for discovering irrational numbers • The Pythagorean theorem is used to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle • Ancient Greek mathematician
Pythagoras
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• Describes numbers divisible by 2 • The smallest prime number is the only one with this property • Functions with this property are symmetric about the y-axis • Numbers like 4, 6, and 8 are examples of this property • Related to even integers
Even
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• Found in languages like C++ • Similar to arrays, but with a dynamic size • Describes objects in linear algebra, manipulated with dot and cross products • Can refer to organisms that transmit diseases • Describes velocity, a vector quantity, unlike speed
Vectors
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• A circle with the center at the origin of the coordinate plane • Defined by the equation x² + y² = r² • Describes the distance from the center to any point on the circle • All points are equidistant from the center
Math
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1. Russell’s paradox involves sets that don’t contain themselves. 2. Fermi paradox questions lack of extraterrestrial contact. 3. The Liar’s paradox states, “This statement is false.”
Paradoxes
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1. Euler showed their reciprocals sum to π²/6. 2. Positive integers with odd numbers of factors (e.g., 1, 4, 9). 3. Equal to an integer multiplied by itself (e.g., n²).
Perfect square
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1. Raising i⁴ gives one; only natural number with one divisor. 2. Multiplicative identity states any number times one equals itself. 3. Raising a number to zero yields one.
One
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• Carmichael numbers pass Fermat’s test but aren’t prime. • Sieve of Eratosthenes finds them. • “Twin” primes differ by two. • Only divisible by 1 and itself.
Prime numbers
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• Sato generalized Ramanujan’s formulas for it. • Smallest positive x where cos(x) = -1. • 1 degree = π/180 radians. • Area of a circle: πr².
Pi
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• These constructs can be reduced to row-echelon form using Gauss-Jordan elimination. • Their characteristic polynomial yields eigenvalues. • The identity version has ones on the diagonal and zeros elsewhere. • Cramer’s rule finds their determinant.
Matrices
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• If can be expressed as a linear combination of integers and , it has this relationship by Bezout’s identity. • For coprime numbers, this value is always one. • The Euclidean algorithm computes this largest integer dividing two or more integers.
Greatest common divisor
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• Replaced with “quantum” in systems with energy levels spaced by . • Describes pendulum motion under small angle approximation. • Paired with harmonic to describe oscillations around a fixed point.
Simple
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• A matrix with ones on the main diagonal and zeros elsewhere is called this. • Multiplying an element by its inverse yields this value, which is one for multiplication. • Property stating any number times one equals itself.
Identity
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• Defined recursively as sum of two previous terms, starting 0,1,1,2,3,5… • Closed-form expression known as Binet’s formula. • Ratio of consecutive terms approaches the golden ratio, phi.
Fibonacci sequence
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• Set of numbers including whole numbers and their negatives. • Symbolized by blackboard bold Z. • Floor function returns greatest integer less than or equal to input. • Solutions to Diophantine equations lie in this set.
Integers
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• Number of sulfur atoms in the puckered ring allotrope produced by the Frasch process. • Number of hydrogen atoms in propane. • Number of valence electrons in noble gases (except helium). • Number of carbons in octane.
Eight
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• Include Zeno’s arrow and Russell’s paradox. • Liar paradox states “this sentence is a lie.” • Self-contradictory statements challenging logic.
Paradoxes