- In
arithmetic and algebra, the
fifth power or
sursolid of a
number n is the
result of
multiplying five
instances of n together: n5 = n × n × n × n × n...
- the (first)
sursolid. The
fourteenth power was the
square of the
second sursolid, and the twenty-second was the
square of the
third sursolid. Jeake's text...
- this
factorization sursolids,
distinguishing between them by use of
ordinal numbers: that is, he
defined 5 as the
first sursolid,
written as ʃz and 7...
- of
Robert Recorde, the
seventh power of a
number was
called the "second
sursolid".
Leonard Eugene ****son
studied generalizations of Waring's
problem for...
- and
cubes were so called;
prime numbers from five
onwards were
called sursolids.
Although the
terms used for
defining exponents differed between authors...
- "square", "cube", "zenzizenzic" (fourth power), "
sursolid" (fifth), "zenzicube" (sixth), "second
sursolid" (seventh), and "zenzizenzizenzic" (eighth). "Biquadrate"...
