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rational numbers en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • However, if our ring of interest is the rational numbers ℚ, then we see that[…]. 2004, Ronald S. Irving, Integers, Polynomials, and Rings: A Course in Algebra, page 127:
    • Elementary number theory is concerned with the arithmetic properties of the ring of integers, ℤ, and its field of fractions, the rational numbers, ℚ. 2002, Michael Rosen, Number Theory in Function Fields, page vii:
    • 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. 2012, Thomas E. Kieren, “3: Rational and Fractional Numbers: From Quotient Fields to Recursive Understanding”, in Thomas P. Carpenter, Elizabeth Fennema, Thomas A. Romberg, editors, Rational Numbers: An Integration of Research, page 53:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of rational number

Translations (3)

fi rationaaliluvut (set of numbers that can be expressed as a ration of integers) · ro numere raționale (set of numbers that can be expressed as a ration of integers) · pl liczby wymierne (set of numbers that can be expressed as a ration of integers)