comp_bos Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Arithmetic progression: Its a sequence of numbers, in which difference of any two successive numbers is constant called common diference. First term of the sequence is usually denoted by "a" and Common difference by "d" Example: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10..... a = 0 d =2 Tn(nth term of an AP) = a + (n-1) d Sum of first n terms of an AP = n/2[ 2a + (n-1)d] Geometric Progression: Its a sequence in which the ratio of any two consecutive terms is always a constant called common ratio ®. If first term is denoted by "a" and Common ratio by "r" nth term of the series = ar^(n-1) Sum of first n terms = a(1-rn)/(1-r) ; and r # 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number Theory Natural numbers (1,2,3,4,... but no zero) Whole numbers (0,1,2,3,4,... with a zero) Integer numbers (...,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,...) RATIONAL NUMBERS are integers and fractions of integers put together - but there aren't any other numbers. Everything can be represented as a rational number. IRRATIONAL NUMBERS: numbers that cannot be written as fractions of integers (like the square root of two, pi, and e) REAL NUMBERS Rational/Irrational Put together, they make the Real numbers. IMAGINARY NUMBERS Some numbers that don't fit into the real numbers sqrt(-1). COMPLEX NUMBERS: REAL & Imaginary numbers put together. complex / \ imaginary real / \ irrational rational / \ integers fractions | | whole integers | naturals Integers and rational numbers. An integer is a positive or negative whole number, or zero. A rational number is a positive or negative fraction, or zero. Prime numbers and composite numbers. A prime number is an integer n with no divisors other than 1 and n. A composite number is an integer which is not prime. The first few prime numbers are 2,3,5,7,11,13,.... There are infinitely many prime numbers. Two is the only EVEN prime number. GCD's and relatively prime integers. Two integers are relatively prime if they have no prime factors in common. For example, 101 and 17 are relatively prime, but 12 and 100 are not ( they are both divisible by 2). The greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers a and b is the largest number dividing both a and b. Zero: It is the only integer (and, in fact, the only real number) that is neither negative nor positive. A number, which is not zero is said to be nonzero. Even number: is an integer of the form, where k is an integer. The even numbers are therefore, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10….. Set Name ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ... Integers 1, 2, 3, 4, ... positive integers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... nonnegative integers 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, ... nonpositive integers -1, -2, -3, -4, ... negative integers http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/NumberTheory.html Please correct me If I have something wrong here. Please let me know If Harmonic Series is also in GMAT scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp_bos Posted March 4, 2005 Author Share Posted March 4, 2005 Formatting is all screwed up. Here is the attachment. Sorry about that.Number_theory.doc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prep2max Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 comp bos, great effort, extremely helpful, very well laid out and explained...thanks a ton!!! Erin think you should post this on top of the Math Section forum(like spidey's SC notes), will be very usefull for everyone, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greycellz Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 comp bos, great effort, extremely helpful, very well laid out and explained...thanks a ton!!! Erin think you should post this on top of the Math Section forum(like spidey's SC notes), will be very usefull for everyone, thanks! Hear, hear! I second thee. Thanks comp_boss !!:tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800needed Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Awesome job! Very helpful in reminding me of all the stuff I once new in math!:mad: This should definately be stickied!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakul Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Nice Job Compboss... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poy Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Thank you! :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenura Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 very much helpful resource. even math gene.. would find it helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300IS Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Thank you for the source. subscribed this thread. Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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