2. Noun. (context: mathematics) (pluralonly) The smallest ring containing the natural numbers; the set ''{... -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...}''. ¹
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Definition of Integers
1. integer [n] - See also: integer
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1. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book, for the Higher Classes of Secondary by George Chrystal (1904)
"Since the product of two integers, neither of which is unity, ... If two integers
have no common measure except unity they are said to be prime ..."
2. The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers by Legh Wilber Reid (1910)
"integers of the Rational Realm. The positive and the negative rational ...
The sum, difference and product of any two rational integers are seen to be ..."
3. The Theory of Numbers by Robert Daniel Carmichael (1914)
"THE THEORY OF NUMBERS CHAPTER I ELEMENTARY PROPERTIES OF integers ยง i. FUNDAMENTAL
NOTIONS AND LAWS IN the present chapter we are concerned primarily with ..."
4. College Algebra: With Applications by Ernest Julius Wilczynski (1916)
"Factors or divisors of integers. Since some positive integers may be obtained by
multiplying together two or more others, it becomes important to understand ..."
5. Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Felix Klein, Robert Hermann (1979)
"THE THEORY OF ALGEBRAIC integers AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE THEORY OF ALGEBRAIC
FUNCTIONS By an algebraic integer we understand a root x of an equation ..."
6. College Algebra by James Harrington Boyd (1901)
"The sum of the first n integers has been found in 526. 604. Sum the First n Odd
integers. Suppose it is observed that (1) 1 + 3 =4 = 2', ..."
7. First Course in Algebra by Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton (1917)
"Even integers are those exactly divisible by 2. Odd integers are those not ...
Consecutive integers are integers arranged in the natura? order, like 6, 7, ..."
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