About one - an inquiry about the meanings and uses of the number one |
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| Authors: | LIONELLO POGLIANI MILAN RANDIC NENAD TRINAJSTIC |
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| Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita della Calabria, 87030 Rende (CS), Italy;2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 50311, USA |
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| Abstract: | The story of the number one is told. The long struggle to recognize one as a number is described. The role of the number one in philosophy, religion, mathematics and science is briefly discussed. Finally, the relationship between one and some other numbers is presented. |
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| Keywords: | quadratic expressions algebraic thinking algebra |
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