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Recent Examples of whole numbers
The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whole numbers
digits
Noun
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Like Lagrange’s four-seamer, the pitch can top triple-digits.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the document made public Wednesday, Silverman alleged Burke cut off those digits to remove evidence of a tattoo Hernandez had gotten of the singer’s name.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Whole numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20numbers. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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