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  • ...would not in fact be fundamental). Rather, a fundamental concept such as ''number'' can only be explained by demonstration. Such an approach relies for its e There are [[philosophy|philosophical]] problems bound up with the concept of number. First, there is the [[Ontology|ontological]] problem of the various types
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  • ...visors of 6 are 1, 2, and 3, and 1+2+3=6. In contrast, 4 is not a perfect number, as the proper divisors of 4 are 1 and 2, and <math> \scriptstyle 1+2 \neq The origin of the term "perfect number" appears to be unknown. Ancient Greeks probably ascribed mystical properti
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  • ...ers''' is strongly related to the sequence of [[Fibonacci number]]s. Lucas number and Fibonacci numbers have the identical formula <math>a_n = a_{n-1} + a_{n *If <math>p\ </math> is a prime number, than <math>p\ </math> divides <math>L_p - 1\ </math>. The converse is fals
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  • #REDIRECT [[Erdős number]]
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  • ...ventionally denoted by ''Z'' and is by definition a non-negative [[natural number]]. For instance, the element [[carbon]] is characterized by ''Z'' = 6 and t ...e chemical and physical properties of an atom are solely determined by the number of its electrons and hence by its nuclear charge: the nuclear charge is a u
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  • ...is an infinite [[cardinal number|cardinal]] or [[ordinal number|ordinal]] number. (However, often simply '''infinite''' (cardinal or ordinal) '''number''' is used instead.)
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  • #Redirect [[Number theory]]
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  • #Redirect [[Perfect number]]
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  • ...bjects into a given number of structures. There are two kinds of Stirling number,depending on the nature of the structure being counted. The Stirling number of the first kind ''S''(''n'',''k'') counts the number of ways ''n'' labelled objects can be arranged into ''k'' cycles: cycles ar
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  • The '''imaginary numbers''' are a part of the [[complex number]]s. Every complex number can be written as
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  • ...only one word. In a verb, the classification of a word form by grammatical number is know as the [[case (grammar)|case]] of the verb. For example, the verb ' ==Subject noun and verb number agreement==
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  • #REDIRECT [[grammatical number]]
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  • ...ot even clear whether such an object exists and can be reasonably called a number; for example, can we sensibly associate with <math>i</math> natural operati ...mplex numbers when solving [[quadratic equation]]s, which can have complex number solutions. This presentation is historically misleading — the quadratic
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  • A '''triangular number''' represents the number of [[circle|circles]] you can arrange to a [[equilateral triangle]]. The ''triangular number'' is related to many other figurated numbers:
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  • ...ntly, it is not a root of any polynomial whose coefficients are [[rational number|rational]]. Transcendental numbers are necessarily [[irrational number|irrational]], but there are many irrational numbers that are not transcende
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  • #REDIRECT [[Avogadro's number]]
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  • #Redirect [[Prime number]]
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  • In [[mathematics]], a '''normal number''' is a [[real number]] whose [[decimal expansion]] shows an equal proportion of each of the poss
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  • * [[Deficient number]] * [[Abundant number]]
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  • *[[Fibonacci number]] *[[Lucas number]]
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  • {{r|Prime number}} {{r|Carmichael number||***}}
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  • {{r|Prime number}} {{r|Whole number}}
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  • An infinite number, either a cardinal number or an ordinal number.
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  • *[[Hyperreal number]] *[[Complex number]]
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  • ...t in [[number theory]] for its connection with the distribution of [[prime number]]s.
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  • ...equal to the number of "[[hole (topology)|holes]]" or "handles"; a [[Betti number]].
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  • ...s a negative real number, or (sometimes) more generally a non-real complex number.
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  • ...eometry)|vertices]] minus the number of [[Edge (geometry)|edge]]s plus the number of [[Face (geometry)|faces]]; it is always equal to 2 for [[convex polyhedr
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  • A positive whole number whose proper divisors sum to the number itself.
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  • ...|vacancies]] expressed as a percentage of the number of vacancies plus the number in [[employment]].
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  • Greater in size (number of elements, length, area, etc.) than any natural number
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  • ...ed transuranic elements whose atomic number are higher than 92, the atomic number of uranium.
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  • The number of its elements is a natural number (0,1,2,3,...)
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  • The number of its elements is larger than any natural number. (See: [[Finite set]].)
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  • ...n which the first number is 0, the second number is 1, and each subsequent number is equal to the sum of the previous two numbers.
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  • {{r|Number}} {{r|Real number}}
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  • {{r|Number theory}} {{r|Number}}
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  • Unestablished conjecture that every even number except the number 2 is the sum of two primes.
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