Superpartient ratio: Difference between revisions
Add Wikipedia box, improve lead section, layout, misc. edits |
Added delta etymology |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
In ancient Greece, they were called epimeric (epimerēs) ratios, which is literally translated as "above a part". | In ancient Greece, they were called epimeric (epimerēs) ratios, which is literally translated as "above a part". | ||
[[Kite Giedraitis]] has proposed the term delta-1 (where [[delta]] means difference, here the difference between the numerator and the denominator) as a replacement for superparticular, delta-2 for ratios of the form <math>\frac{n+2}{n}</math>, likewise delta-3, delta-4, etc. | |||
== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||