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such that every non-negative element is a square and every polynomial of odd degree has a root. The real closed fields cannot be distinguished from the field of real numbers by their algebraic properties: every property of the real numbers, which may be expressed in
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is the square of exactly two numbers, one of which is strictly positive and the other of which is strictly negative. Zero is the square of only one number, itself. For this reason, it is possible to define the
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The absolute square of a complex number is always a nonnegative real number, that is zero if and only if the complex number is zero. It is easier to compute than the absolute value (no square root), and is a
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Marshall, Murray Positive polynomials and sums of squares. Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, 146. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2008. xii+187 pp.
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2; for instance, the square of 3 may be written as 3, which is the number 9. In some cases when superscripts are not available, as for instance in
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The square function preserves the order of positive numbers: larger numbers have larger squares. In other words, the square is a
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One of the important properties of squaring, for numbers as well as in many other mathematical systems, is that (for all numbers
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function, which associates with a non-negative real number the non-negative number whose square is the original number.
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More generally, in rings, the square function may have different properties that are sometimes used to classify rings.
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Squares are ubiquitous in algebra, more generally, in almost every branch of mathematics, and also in
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The property "every non-negative real number is a square" has been generalized to the notion of a
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describing how the strength of physical forces such as gravity varies according to distance.
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by itself. The verb "to square" is used to denote this operation. Squaring is the same as
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is proportional to the square of its radius, a fact that is manifested physically by the
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is an example of a quadratic form. It demonstrates a quadratic relation of the
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in the sense that each non-zero complex number has exactly two square roots.
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under multiplication. The properties of quadratic residues are widely used in
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The name of the square function shows its importance in the definition of the
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as the multiplication operation and bitwise XOR as the addition operation.
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No square root can be taken of a negative number within the system of
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such that the square of a non zero element is never zero is called a
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An element of a ring that is equal to its own square is called an
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There are several major uses of the square function in geometry.
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The notion of squaring is particularly important in the
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quadratic non-residues. The quadratic residues form a
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Zero may be the square of some non-zero elements. A
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More generally, in a commutative ring, a 1559:, a (square velocity)-dimensioned quantity 439:, because squares of all real numbers are 1360: 1351: 1345: 1320: 1318: 1166: 1154: 1115: 1114: 1112: 1061: 1060: 1058: 1005: 995: 952: 918: 895:where 2 is invertible, the square of any 774: 747: 741: 87:Learn how and when to remove this message 1340:of the set is defined as the difference 348:is the set of nonnegative real numbers. 293: 50:This article includes a list of general 1569: 544:of distance from a fixed point forms a 633:The square function is defined in any 1373:{\displaystyle x_{i}-{\overline {x}}} 814:. However, the ring of the integers 629:In abstract algebra and number theory 7: 668:formed by the numbers modulo an odd 1302:. The deviation of each value  371:of the square function. The square 118:, and the entire square represents 1553:(quadratic dependence on velocity) 1516:Pythagorean trigonometric identity 1193:of a complex number is called its 920: 520:The square function is related to 114:. Each block represents one unit, 56:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 1279:is the standard method used with 590:. This is further generalised to 316:The squaring operation defines a 298:The graph of the square function 261:is the same as the square of its 795:. 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