Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Consequence

Consequence: noun. Something which is directly or indirectly related to a sequence. This term is only used in certain branches of mathematics, specifically in Number Theory and Combinatorics. The term was coined by famous mathematician Pierre de Fermat, who is famous for his famous Last Theorem. The word is however much more commonly used in its meaning of a direct implication. This means that when asked, only 0.0134% of people will give the mathematical definition of the word, as their answer to what the definition of consequence is.

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