integers
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Quantum computers can be used to solve problems that even supercomputers can only solve after a very long time or not at all, such as breaking down large integers into prime factors.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
All real numbers that cannot be represented by a fraction of two integers are irrational.
From Scientific American • May 23, 2023
It is the same with the natural numbers and the integers.
From Scientific American • May 23, 2023
“I’m so used to this kudzu sprawl of figurative language,” she said, “and simple can feel like ‘see spot run,’ but there are simple words like prime integers that carry so much meaning when sung.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023
He kissed me and I felt actual euphoria, like all my senses had merged and I was reduced to breaths and heartbeats and repeating integers.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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