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fatulant

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Registered: 2005-12-01

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What does this notation mean?

Z/6z?

Last edited by flatulant (2005-12-17 06:05:51)

krassi_holmz

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Re: What does this notation mean?

Tell us where is it from.
So it may be

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austin81

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Registered: 2005-03-21

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Re: What does this notation mean?

Are you treating complex numbers? If yes, then Z represents a complex number of the form  z= x+yi.
And z/6z=x+yi/6(x+yi).
Rationalise:x+yi(x-yi)/6(x+yi)(x-yi)
                = (x^2+y^2)/6(x^2+y^2)
                 =1/6
NB!!! This is if you saw this under complex numbers.

Ricky

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Re: What does this notation mean?

I've only seen Z refer to integers, but like what krassi said, we need the context as well.

Last edited by Ricky (2005-12-23 03:24:51)

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krassi_holmz

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Re: What does this notation mean?

Also it may be something from the group theory, I guess.

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