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  • It is named after Menelaus of Alexandria. ...gle ABC</math>, where <math>P</math> is on <math>BC</math>, <math>Q</math> is on the extension of <math>AC</math>, and <math>R</math> on the intersection
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  • This is a list of historical results from the [[American Regions Mathematics League ...ards. One indvididual [need name] from Taiwan would have placed in the top 3 students overall on the individual round tiebreaker but was not considered
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  • ...if they have a hard time following the rest of this article). This theorem is credited to [[Pierre de Fermat]]. ...n [[integer]], <math>{p}</math> is a [[prime number]] and <math>{a}</math> is not [[divisibility|divisible]] by <math>{p}</math>, then <math>a^{p-1}\equi
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  • A '''parabola''' is a type of [[conic section]]. A parabola is a [[locus]] of points that are equidistant from a point (the [[focus]]) and ...: <math>y = a{x}^2+b{x}+c</math> where a, b, and c are [[constant]]s. This is useful for manipulating the polynomial.
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  • '''Euler's Totient Theorem''' is a theorem closely related to his [[totient function]]. ...me to <math>n</math>. If <math>{a}</math> is an integer and <math>m</math> is a positive integer [[relatively prime]] to <math>a</math>, then <math>{a}^{
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  • A '''geometric inequality''' is an [[inequality]] involving various measures ([[angle]]s, [[length]]s, [[ar ...e]] triangle is greater than the length of the third side. This inequality is particularly useful and shows up frequently on Intermediate level geometry
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  • '''Brahmagupta's Formula''' is a [[formula]] for determining the [[area]] of a [[cyclic quadrilateral]] gi ...formula which Brahmagupta derived for the area of a general quadrilateral is
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  • ...tween the side lengths and the diagonals of a [[cyclic quadrilateral]]; it is the [[equality condition | equality case]] of [[Ptolemy's Inequality]]. Pto ...\angle ABC+m\angle ADC=180^\circ .</math> However, <math>\angle ADP</math> is also supplementary to <math>\angle ADC,</math> so <math>\angle ADP=\angle A
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  • An '''elementary symmetric sum''' is a type of [[summation]]. ...leq n</math>). For example, if <math>n = 4</math>, and our set of numbers is <math>\{a, b, c, d\}</math>, then:
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  • ...ory from the perspective of [[abstract algebra]]. In particular, heavy use is made of [[ring theory]] and [[Galois theory]]. Algebraic methods are partic ...erties of prime numbers. The most famous problem in analytic number theory is the [[Riemann Hypothesis]].
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  • For what real values of <math>x</math> is Since the term inside the square root is a perfect square, and by factoring 2 out, we get
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  • ...math>n</math> [[positive]] [[real number]]s <math> x_1, x_2... x_n </math> is defined to be: <math> \frac{n} {\frac{1}{x_1}+\frac{1}{x_2}+...+\frac{1}{x_ ...ate <math>\frac 3{\frac 13 + \frac 16 - \frac 12} = \frac 30</math>, which is obviously problematic.
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  • ...d [[math|mathematical]] and scientific writing. <math>\text{\LaTeX}</math> is very handy for producing equations such as <cmath>1+2+3+4+5+\sin \pi = \frac{5\cdot 6}{2}+0=15.</cmath>
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  • In the North Carolina MathCounts State Competition, the Countdown Round is unofficial in that it doesn't affect individual results. * 1987 - Ashley Reiter (3), Stephen London (41), Tim Ross (37), Ghene Faulcon, Coach: Caroline Wolfe
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  • In [[number theory]], '''divisibility''' is the ability of a number to evenly divide another number. The study of divis ...th>a</math> is a '''multiple''' of <math>b</math>, and that <math>a</math> is '''divisible''' or '''evenly divisible''' by <math>b</math>.
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  • ...s that are not real are <math>\ 3i</math>, <math>\ 3+2.5i</math>, <math>\ 3+2i+2j+k</math>, i.e. [[complex number]]s, and [[quaternion]]s. The set of real numbers, denoted by <math>\mathbb{R}</math>, is a subset of [[complex number]]s(<math>\mathbb{C}</math>). Commonly used sub
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  • ..., in particular, a number is divisible by 2 if and only if its units digit is divisible by 2, i.e. if the number ends in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. === Divisibility Rule for 3 and 9===
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  • ...rks for <math>n=1+1=2</math>, which in turn means it works for <math>n=2+1=3</math>, and so on. ...e. If a problem asks you to prove something for all integers greater than 3, you can use <math>n=4</math> as your base case instead. You might have to
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  • A '''triangle''' is a type of [[polygon]]. {{asy image|<asy>draw((0,1)--(2,0)--(3,2)--cycle);</asy>|right|A triangle.}}
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  • ...common factor''')) of two or more [[integer]]s is the largest integer that is a [[divisor]] of all the given numbers. The GCD is sometimes called the '''greatest common factor''' ('''GCF''').
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