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    mathematics, a negative number is the opposite of a positive real number. Equivalently, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. Negative numbers...
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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • −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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  • the constants is negative and the other is 0, then Q is negative semidefinite and always evaluates to either 0 or a negative number. In general a quadratic...
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  • by a negative sign often results in a negative-base number being one digit longer than its positive-base equivalent. The common names for negative-base...
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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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  • which negative numbers are represented by the inverse of the binary representations of their corresponding positive numbers. In such a system, a number is...
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  • immediately before an unsigned number, the combination names a negative number, the additive inverse of the positive number that the numeral would otherwise...
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    = 1 − NPV = Number of false negatives Number of true negatives + Number of false negatives = Number of false negatives Number of negative calls {\displaystyle...
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  • numbers, the square root of a negative number is undefined, as no real number exists which, when squared, equals a negative number. Mathematicians, including...
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  • NaN (redirect from Not a Number)
    defined as a number and may therefore be represented by NaN in computing systems. The square root of a negative number is not a real number, and is therefore...
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    positive and negative integers in a way that they can use the same algorithm (or mechanism) for addition throughout the whole range. For a given number of places...
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    changing the represented number; for example, 15 = 15.0 = 15.00 and 5.2 = 5.20 = 5.200. For representing a negative number, a minus sign is placed before...
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  • 0 (redirect from Number 0)
    positive or negative number when divided by zero is a fraction with the zero as denominator. Zero divided by a negative or positive number is either zero...
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    of a negative number—al-nāqiṣ—by a positive number—al-zāʾid—is negative, and by a negative number is positive. If we subtract a negative number from a...
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  • always, if the sign bit is 0, the number is non-negative (positive or zero). If the sign bit is 1 then the number is negative. Formats other than two's complement...
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    as: specificity = number of true negatives number of true negatives + number of false positives = number of true negatives total number of well individuals...
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    number is negative, A negative number multiplied by a positive number is negative, A negative number multiplied by a negative number is positive. Two fractions...
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    prepared to pay others to accept it, in effect setting the price to a negative number. This can happen because it costs money to transport, store, and dispose...
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  • interpretation of the result, the negative flag is set if the result was negative. For example, in an 8-bit signed number system, -37 will be represented...
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    reals. Every nonnegative real number has a square root in R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } , although no negative number does. This shows that the order...
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    number having a negative square. There are two complex square roots of −1: i and −i, just as there are two complex square roots of every real number other...
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    becomes a partial function. Give the answer as an integer representing a negative number, so the result of subtracting 26 from 11 is −15. The field of real...
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  • on positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero. For example, it notes that the sum of a positive number and a negative number is their difference or...
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    others (e.g., analysis), it is often undefined. Since a negative number times another negative is positive, we have: ( − 1 ) n = { 1 for even  n , − 1...
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