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06:02 Oct 16, 2015 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Mathematics & Statistics | |||||||
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| Selected response from: DLyons Ireland Local time: 13:03 | ||||||
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4 +1 | finite part |
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4 +1 | non-recurring part (of the decimal) |
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4 | non-recurring digits |
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finite part Explanation: The "periodo" is called the repetend, but there doesn't seem to be another term for the digit or digits before the repetend. "the figures before those that repeat are called the finite part" https://books.google.es/books?id=bl4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA... (a book published in 1818) "the decimal before the repeating figures is called the finite part of the decimal" https://books.google.es/books?id=5XwBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA150&lpg=P... (this one's from 1836) For repetend see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal Here somebody asks what it is called and an answerer coins the term "prefix", but clearly doesn't know any official term. I wouldn't use "prefix". http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.08/h/puerto1... I can't find anything else for this. |
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non-recurring part (of the decimal) Explanation: The most natural way to express it IMHO. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2015-10-16 08:46:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or "of the decimal expansion". |
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non-recurring digits Explanation: As the question stated, there may be one or more non-recurring digits before the repeated portion of the number. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal |
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