stofnbrot

Icelandic

Etymology

From stofn (“stem, trunk”) and brot (“a fraction, a fractional number”).

Noun

stofnbrot n (genitive singular stofnbrots, nominative plural stofnbrot)

(arithmetic) a unit fraction; the fraction ${\tfrac {1}{n}}$ whose numerator is $1\,$ and whose denominator is the positive integer $n\,$ ; for example ${\tfrac {1}{5}}$ , ${\tfrac {1}{1}}$ or ${\tfrac {1}{42}}$
(mathematics) a partial fraction ^syn.

Synonyms

(partial fraction):^def. hlutbrot

Derived terms

liðun í stofnbrot (expansion in partial fractions, partial fraction decomposition)
stofnbrotaliðun (expansion in partial fractions, partial fraction decomposition)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.