square root
noun
: a factor of a number that when squared gives the number
the square root of 9 is ±3
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The square root of 9 is 3.
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The modern notation for square roots came into use in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2024
So if a proof requires an intermediate step in which, for example, there are complex numbers that may contain square roots of negative values, programming languages specialized for geometry cannot be used.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
This changed once Gauss brought reciprocity into the realm of complex numbers, which add the square root of minus 1, represented by i, to ordinary numbers.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Mathematicians say that the generalized Riemann hypothesis predicts that the primes’ level of distribution is at least 1/2, since another way to write the square root of N is as N1/2.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2024
So if a proof requires an intermediate step in which, for example, there are complex numbers that may contain square roots of negative values, programming languages specialized for geometry cannot be used.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
This changed once Gauss brought reciprocity into the realm of complex numbers, which add the square root of minus 1, represented by i, to ordinary numbers.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Mathematicians say that the generalized Riemann hypothesis predicts that the primes’ level of distribution is at least 1/2, since another way to write the square root of N is as N1/2.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
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“Square root.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20root. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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