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integer
[ in-ti-jer ]
noun
- Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- a complete entity.
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integer
/ ˈɪԳɪə /
noun
- any rational number that can be expressed as the sum or difference of a finite number of units, being a member of the set …–3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3…
- an individual entity or whole unit
integer
/ ĭ′ĭ-ə /
- A positive or negative whole number or zero. The numbers 4, −876, and 5,280 are all integers.
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
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Quantum computers can be used to solve problems that even supercomputers can only solve after a very long time or not at all, such as breaking down large integers into prime factors.
This means that systematic variations of the compound's chemical formula, which can be represented using integer variables, result in systematic changes in its properties.
The brain's bias toward simple integer ratios may have evolved as a natural error-correction system that makes it easier to maintain a consistent body of music, which human societies often use to transmit information.
More recently, scholars have tried to find psychological explanations, but these 'integer ratios' are still credited with making a chord sound beautiful, and deviation from them is thought to make music 'dissonant', unpleasant sounding.
They can be treated as quasi-particles and carry integer topological charges.
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