(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

(mathematics) plural of integer

(mathematics) The set of all integers; the set {... -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...}.

(mathematics) The characteristics shared by all integers.

(algebra, number theory) A real or complex number (more generally, an element of a number field) which is a root of a monic polynomial whose coefficients are integers; equivalently, an algebraic number whose minimal polynomial (lowest-degree polynomial of which it is a root and whose leading coefficient is 1) has integer coefficients.

(mathematics) A number (real or complex) which is a solution to an equation of the form x²+Bx+C=0 for some integers B and C. For example 42, or 2+3i, or 1+√/2.

plural of algebraic integer

plural of quadratic integer

(mathematics) The decomposition of a composite number into a product of smaller integers

plural of Gaussian integer