Types of Numbers
Disciplines
Terms
Terms part 2
Competitions
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n=2k+1

odd

100

This discipline is one of the oldest and most popular, studing the integers

Number Theory

100

A mapping of elements such that each element in the domain maps to exactly one element in the range

function

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The denotation of some kind of relationship between two objects of a set that may not always be true

Relation

100

The most prestigious undergraduate Mathematics Competition

Putnam

200

The count of objects arraigned in an equilateral triangle

Triangular Number

200

This discipline is concerned with studying orders with binary relations

Order Theory

200

A natural number greater than 1 that cannot be written as the product of two smaller natural numbers

Prime Number

200

A function from a set to itself

Operation

200

The AMC is a popular mathematical competition for students k-12, so much so that we had a small team in high school and 3 people in this group chat have competed in at least one of these events. what organization hosts this competition

MAA

300

A number such that the sum of its proper divisors, i.e. the divisors other than itself, is greater than the number itself

Abundant Number

300

Commonly referred to as the mathematics of counting

Combinatorics

300

A prime that can be written as  2ⁿ−1 where n is an integer

Mersenne Prime

300

An element p of a commutative ring R is said to be _____ if it is not the zero element or a unit and whenever p divides ab for some a and b in R, then p divides a or p divides b.

Prime Element

300

A competition where undergraduates compete on very open ended and research focused problems by solving these through the use of models

Mathematical contest in modeling

400

These numbers represent the complex numbers with only integer components

Gaussian Integers

400

This sub-discipline gives the study of non-linear dynamical systems its more well known name

Chaos Theory

400

A function that is infinetly differentiable is said to be 

Simple

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An element a of a set A such that for all elements of A t, a times t equals t

Multiplicative Identity

400

This competition named after a professor who passed in 2021 is hosted by the MAA north central section and aims to be more accessible than other competitions. Teams of up to three work together to solve the problems. Also The Cauchy Cauchy Coos placed 28th this year.  

Jerry Heuer Competition

500

Despite being perfect 6 is also this type of number as a result of it's binary representation having an even number of 1s.

Evil

500

The discipline that deals with the reals, complexs and their functions, more commonly known from it's beginning, calculus

Analysis

500

A system for which a function describes a point's relation to time while accounting for the space around the point

Dynamical System

500

The number of elements in a set is known as the set's ___

order

500

Determine all positive integers n for which there exists positive integers a, b, and c satisfying  2an+3bn=4cn.

n=1

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