would be without irrational numbers? If the great Pythagorean hyppasus or any other mathematician would have not ever thought of such numbers? Before ‚understanding the development of irrational numbers ‚we should understand what these numbers originally are and who discovered them? In mathematics‚ an irrational number is any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio a/b‚ where a and b are integers and b is non-zero. Irrational numbers are those real numbers that cannot be represented as
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FNCE90051 Fundamentals of Portfolio Management Assignment Part B The assessments of these portfolios combine portfolio evaluation‚ market efficiency‚ and whether or not CAPM and Fama-French Model are adequate. According to CAPM‚ the portfolios of companies with very small market capitalizations and very high book-to-market ratios have essentially doing well‚ since the coefficient of is 0.5 that means the average monthly return 0.5% above the return it should have been given
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Name: AP Economy Review Packet QUESTIONS 1. Economics is best described as a. the study of how scarce material wants are allocated between unlimited resources. b. the study of how scarce labor can be replaced by unlimited capital. c. the study of how decision makers choose the best way to satisfy their unlimited material wants with a scarce supply of resources. d. the study of how unlimited material wants can best be satisfied by allocating limitless amounts of productive
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Extended Essay Guide Business & Management 2010 - 12 Introduction 4 The extended essay is: 4 Aims 5 Assessment objectives 5 Responsibilities of the student 5 Recommended: things to do 6 Recommended: things to avoid 7 Writing and researching the extended essay 8 Writing the extended essay 8 Formal Presentation of the extended essay 9 The length of the extended essay 9 Title 9 Abstract 9 Contents page 9 Illustrations 10 Appendices‚ footnotes and endnotes 10 The research
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| Why Do People Hate Math? | | | | | | Why is it that people hate maths? Truly‚ there is no bona fide reason why mathematics in particular should be disliked. It forms an inevitable part of life that every human must confront at some time in their lives. Math‚ as defined by Wikipedia.org‚ is the study of quantity‚ structure‚ space and change. Without realizing it‚ people integrate simple math into their lives‚ whether it is by playing a card game‚ taking out a loan‚ checking
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Seth 10/6/13 Walker Percy Essay An epiphany: a sudden realization of great truth. No piece of writing has affected me at a level even remotely close to what this essay has. In the Loss of the Creature by Walker Percy‚ so many fallacies of modern day society are exposed for what they truly are. I discovered that I‚ along with the majority of society have been letting myself be swayed hopelessly by the perceptions and expectations of others. A perfect example of this was my first thoughts of
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STUDY SKILLS / QUIZ GUIDE ANSWER SHEET 1. Name 5 tools to have handy while studying pen/pencil‚ paper‚ highlighter‚ dictionary‚ ruler (etc.) 2. List 5 distractions one should avoid while studying windows‚ TV‚ video games‚ siblings/other people‚ music‚ food‚ pets‚ phone‚ computer‚ text‚ (etc.) 3. What is the difference between hearing and listening? Hearing only acknowledges noise; listening acknowledges and processes information presented by what one hears 4. Name 3
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Graham’s number‚ named after Ronald Graham‚ is a large number that is an upper bound on the solution to a certain problem in Ramsey theory. The number gained a degree of popular attention when Martin Gardner described it in the "Mathematical Games" section of Scientific American in November 1977‚ writing that‚ "In an unpublished proof‚ Graham has recently established ... a bound so vast that it holds the record for the largest number ever used in a serious mathematical proof." The 1980 Guinness
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Student Success- SSD 101-16 13 February 2013 Personal Portfolio- Part 1 My journey as a student started out as a young child. Coming from nurturing parents‚ I was always taught my ABC’s‚ 123’s and colors. I was an eager student and when it was time to go to school‚ I was excited and motivated. As I moved on in my educational career‚ I didn’t keep with the same attitude I started with when I was younger. I feel now‚ I’ve regained my passion to be a student with the maturity I’ve gained over
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DOUBLE BAG MATH SCRATCH A Math Showcase Presented to the Faculty of Camarines Norte State College Laboratory High School In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the First Grading Period MICHAEL ALEXIS G. ASUNCION KENNETH JAMES L. BORILE SADAM RICHARD C. CANUTO KARL JOSEL M. CASTILLO ELDRIN PAUL R. GARCIA August 2006 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT No words can express our deepest appreciation and gratitude to our dear Lord
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