positive integer
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A factorial is the product of a positive integer and all the positive integers below it.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
The assumption would be valid only if there is no smaller positive integer that satisfies it.
From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2021
From that point, Douglas Adams’s number was the last positive integer lower than 100 whose representation as a sum of three integer cubes was unknown.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2020
A positive integer would almost seem inherent in the idea of interest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2016
The general form of these is axn + bxn-1 + ... + kx + l = 0, where n is a positive integer, and a, b, ... k, l are given numbers.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
