plural of Egyptian fraction

plural of partial fraction

(mathematics, arithmetic) Any fraction in which either or both of the numerator or denominator are themselves fractions.

plural of continued fraction

plural of continued-fraction

(algebra, ring theory) The smallest field in which a given ring can be embedded.

plural of field of fractions

(chemistry) The fractional proportion of a substance in a mixture, by weight/mass.

(mathematics, arithmetic) A fraction in which both the numerator and the denominator consist of whole numbers.

(algebra) A ring whose elements are fractions whose numerators belong to a given commutative unital ring and whose denominators belong to a multiplicatively closed unital subset D of that given ring. Addition and multiplication of such fractions is defined just as for a field of fractions. A pair of fractions a/b and c/d are deemed equivalent if there is a member x of D such that x(ad-bc)=0.