Sentence examples for ideal numbers from inspiring English sources

The concept first appeared in the Sefer Yetzira ("Book of Creation"), as the 10 ideal numbers.

In 50 games since April 28, Gardner has hit.357 with a.440 on-base percentage, ideal numbers for a leadoff hitter.

In 1847 the German mathematician Ernst Kummer invented the theory of "ideal numbers" and proved Fermat's last theorem for all powers up to 100, except for 37, 59, and 67.

Dedekind also replaced Kummer's "ideal numbers" by his "ideals"—set-theoretically constructed objects intended to play the same role with respect to unique factorization.

Kummer's response, obtained in a close study of certain cases, was to introduce "ideal numbers" in terms of which unique factorization could be recovered.

(see Robinson [1996], p. xiii) This insight led to the creation of nonstandard analysis,[44] which Robinson regarded as realizing Leibniz's conception of infinitesimals and infinities as ideal numbers possessing the same properties as ordinary real numbers.

An ideal number is 20 per acre".

"The 12 teams we had was the ideal number," Beebe said in a teleconference.

Payton acknowledged that there is an ideal number of carries for the running backs, but with a caveat.

Many experts counsel obese patients to lose about 10percentt of their weight rather than aim for an ideal number.

In the effort to deliver high-speed Internet service to consumers, what is the ideal number of competitors?