sum

addition of a sequence of numbers
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sum

Summary

sum is an iterated binary operation[1]. sum draws 828 Wikipedia views per month (iterated_binary_operation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • sum is credited with the discovery of Leonhard Euler[3].
  • sum's image is recorded as Sigmaschreibweise für Summen.svg[4].
  • sum's image is recorded as Sigma summation notation.svg[5].
  • sum's instance of is recorded as iterated binary operation[6].
  • Σ is named after sum[7].
  • sum's GND ID is recorded as 4193845-8[8].
  • sum's subclass of is recorded as weighted sum[9].
  • sum's subclass of is recorded as operation result[10].
  • sum's subclass of is recorded as whole[11].
  • sum's part of is recorded as mathematics[12].
  • sum's part of is recorded as addition[13].
  • sum's has use is recorded as mathematics[14].
  • sum's has use is recorded as calculus[15].
  • sum's Commons category is recorded as Summation[16].
  • sum's Unicode character is recorded as ∑[17].
  • sum's has part is recorded as index[18].
  • sum's has part is recorded as function[19].
  • sum's has part is recorded as Σ[20].
  • sum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01km84[21].
  • sum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m5n10[22].
  • sum's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300073244[23].
  • sum's described by source is recorded as The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd edition[24].
  • sum's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[25].
  • sum's described by source is recorded as Khan Academy[26].
  • sum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/summand[27].

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Works and Contributions

sum is credited with the discovery of Leonhard Euler[3].

Why It Matters

sum draws 828 Wikipedia views per month (iterated_binary_operation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] sum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] sum is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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