Essays Tagged: "negative numbers"

Essay on the life of Paul Erdos

a cautious. At age 3, he was multiplying 3- digit numbers in his head and at age 4 he learned about negative numbers- he told his mother that 100-250= -150. Erdos was very eccentric- he never had a ch ...

(2 pages) 43 0 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Complex numbers

quared equals -1.This is puzzling to most people, because it is hard to imagine any number having a negative square. The result: it is tempting to believe that i doesn't really exist, but is just a co ... people were imagining what it would be like to have a number system that contained square roots of negative numbers, hence the name "imaginary". Eventually it was realized that such a number system d ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

The Indian civilization, the Chinese civilization, and the Roman civilization, three civilizations that have contributed greatly to humanity

e number system we use today that consists of ten numerals, the came up with the decimal system and negative numbers, they understood the daily rotation of the earth on its axis, they computed the val ...

(2 pages) 69 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Computer Architecture

r and real number are represented on digital computers. The description should include positive and negative integers, as well as fixed and floating-point numbers. Compare the different methods of rep ... as fixed and floating-point numbers. Compare the different methods of representation, including for negative numbers, at least two methods. You must include explanations of how the number of bits allo ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Girolamo Cardano , A essay about a notable mathematician

rst problems that Cardano encountered was that the cubic formula sometimes involved square roots of negative numbers, something unheard of at the time. He did the first calculations with complex numbe ... at is the root of a quadratic equation. After that the Hindu to advanced their mathematics to admit negative numbers. Finally during the renaissance about 1500 a print appeared by Luca, which the book ...

(6 pages) 28 0 4.3 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Classic Airlines and Marketing

ues the airline industry remains competitive and as shown in Exhibit A, Classic Airlines Financials negative numbers are starting to show more each month (Course Materials, 2009).Situation BackgroundB ...

(3 pages) 242 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing