Natural exponential functions, 436
Natural logarithms, 453–454
Natural numbers,
Negative exponents, 20–21
Negative numbers,
multiplication involving square roots of, 123
on number line,
Newton, Isaac, 403, 684
Law of Cooling of, 455–456
Law of Universal Gravitation of, 403, 408–409
Nominal interest rate, 432
Nonlinear inequalities, 564
Nonlinear systems of equations. See Systems of nonlinear equations
Nonlinear systems of inequalities, 565–566
Nonnegative inequalities, 145
Nonnegative numbers,
Nonrigid transformations of functions, 269–272
Nonsquare linear systems of equations, 532–533
Nonterminating repeating decimals,
Nonzero rows, in matrices, 594
Notation
factorial, 721–722
function, 216–217
interval,
for polynomials, 31
scientific, 25–26
set,
set-builder,
summation (sigma), 722–723, 724
Nova Stereometria Doliorum Vinariorum (Kepler), 332
nth roots, 64–65
principal, 64
simplifying, 65
Null set,
Number(s)
algebraic, 436
Euler, 435
sets of. See Sets of numbers
transcendental, 436
Number i, 119
Number line,
distance between two points on, 10–11
Number of Zeros Theorem, 378
Numbers, large, estimating, 467
Numerators, 13, 50
Nutrition, minimizing Calories and, 574–575