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• arithmetic sequence — mathematical operation in which each part of a problem has a relation to the part before it …   English contemporary dictionary

• Arithmetic progression — In mathematics, an arithmetic progression or arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant. For instance, the sequence 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13... is an arithmetic… …   Wikipedia

• Arithmetic coding — is a method for lossless data compression. Normally, a string of characters such as the words hello there is represented using a fixed number of bits per character, as in the ASCII code. Like Huffman coding, arithmetic coding is a form of… …   Wikipedia

• arithmetic progression — (also arithmetic series) ► NOUN ▪ a sequence of numbers in which each differs from the preceding one by a constant quantity (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.; 9, 7, 5, 3, etc.) …   English terms dictionary

• arithmetic progression — n. a sequence of terms each of which, after the first, is derived by adding to the preceding one a common difference [5, 9, 13, 17, etc. form an arithmetic progression] …   English World dictionary

• Arithmetic derivative — In number theory, the arithmetic derivative, or number derivative, is a function defined for integers, based on prime factorization, by analogy with the product rule for the derivative of a function that is used in mathematical analysis. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Arithmetic-geometric mean — In mathematics, the arithmetic geometric mean (AGM) of two positive real numbers x and y is defined as follows:First compute the arithmetic mean of x and y and call it a 1. Next compute the geometric mean of x and y and call it g 1; this is the… …   Wikipedia

• Arithmetic function — In number theory, an arithmetic (or arithmetical) function is a real or complex valued function ƒ(n) defined on the set of natural numbers (i.e. positive integers) that expresses some arithmetical property of n. [1] An example of an arithmetic… …   Wikipedia

• arithmetic — n. & adj. n. 1 a the science of numbers. b one s knowledge of this (have improved my arithmetic). 2 the use of numbers; computation (a problem involving arithmetic). adj. (also arithmetical) of or concerning arithmetic. Phrases and idioms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sequence — For other uses, see Sequence (disambiguation). In mathematics, a sequence is an ordered list of objects (or events). Like a set, it contains members (also called elements or terms), and the number of terms (possibly infinite) is called the length …   Wikipedia

• arithmetic progression — a sequence in which each term is obtained by the addition of a constant number to the preceding term, as 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 6, 1, 4, 9, 14. Also called arithmetic series. [1585 95] * * * …   Universalium