- In mathematics, two non-zero real
numbers a and b are said to be
commensurable if
their ratio a/b is a
rational number;
otherwise a and b are
called incommensurable...
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dictated that they
necessarily must be, for "whole
numbers represent discrete objects, and a
commensurable ratio represents a
relation between two collections...
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nonzero real
numbers a and b, the
subgroup of R
generated by a is
commensurable with the
subgroup generated by b if and only if the real
numbers a and b are...
- the
written canon from its
visible embodiment, and
compiling the
commensurable numbers that we know it incorporates." — Richard Tobin, The
Canon of Polykleitos...
- the
written canon from its
visible embodiment, and
compiling the
commensurable numbers that we know it incorporates." — Richard Tobin, The
Canon of Polykleitos...
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suppose that this
definition consists of
indicating which are the
commensurable numbers smaller or
larger than it .... Spalt,
Detlef (2019). Eine kurze...
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suppose that this
definition consists of
indicating which are the
commensurable numbers smaller or
larger than it .... Spalt,
Detlef (2019). Eine kurze...
- of
square roots, cube
roots and
fourth roots). In Europe, such
numbers, not
commensurable with the
numerical unit, were
called irrational or surd ("deaf")...
- absurdum,
which shows that if the
diagonal of a
square is ****umed to be
commensurable with the side, then the same
number must be both odd and even. In the...
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Commensurability is a
concept in the
philosophy of
science whereby scientific theories are said to be "
commensurable" if
scientists can
discuss the theories...
