Thursday, 11 April 2013

Algebra


History of algebra

The start of algebra as an area of mathematics may be dated to the end of 16th century, with François Viète's work. Nevertheless some earlier works may be considered as algebra and constitute the prehistory of algebra.

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Important Number Systems

 Important Number Systems

\mathbb{N}-Natural   0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... or 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
\mathbb{Z}-Integers  ..., −5, −4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
\mathbb{Q}-Rational   a⁄b where a and b are integers and b is not zero
\mathbb{R}-RealThe limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers
\mathbb{C}-Complexa + bi or a + ib where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of −1