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pairing function

function which encodes two natural numbers into a single natural number
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pairing function

Summary

pairing function ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pairing function's subclass of is recorded as bijection[2].
  • pairing function's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04b7nl[3].
  • pairing function's defining formula is recorded as \pi\mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}[4].
  • pairing function's MathWorld ID is recorded as PairingFunction[5].
  • pairing function's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[6].
  • pairing function's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 171253670[7].

Why It Matters

pairing function ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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