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The document discusses the significance of the number four in mathematics, including its role in arithmetic operations, Lagrange's four-square theorem, and the four-color theorem. It also describes geometric figures like quadrilaterals and tetrahedrons, as well as various numeral systems representing the number four. Additionally, it mentions the Klein four-group and Hopf fibrations related to four elements.

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4 - Wikipedia

The document discusses the significance of the number four in mathematics, including its role in arithmetic operations, Lagrange's four-square theorem, and the four-color theorem. It also describes geometric figures like quadrilaterals and tetrahedrons, as well as various numeral systems representing the number four. Additionally, it mentions the Klein four-group and Hopf fibrations related to four elements.

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Mathematics List of numbers · Integers
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There are four elementary arithmetic operations in Cardinal four

mathematics: addition (+), subtraction (−), multiplication Ordinal 4th


(×), and division (÷). [4] (fourth)

Numeral system quaternary


Lagrange's four-square theorem states that every
Factorization 22
positive integer can be written as the sum of at most four
squares.[5][6] Four is one of four all-Harshad numbers. Divisors 1, 2, 4

Each natural number divisible by 4 is a difference of Greek numeral Δ´


squares of two natural numbers, i.e. . Roman numeral IV (subtractive
notation)
A four-sided plane figure is a quadrilateral or quadrangle, IIII (additive notation)
sometimes also called a tetragon. It can be further Greek prefix tetra-
classified as a rectangle or oblong, kite, rhombus, and
Latin prefix quadri-/quadr-
square.
Binary 1002
Four is the highest degree general polynomial equation
Ternary 113
for which there is a solution in radicals.[7]
Senary 46
The four-color theorem states that a planar graph (or,
Octal 48
equivalently, a flat map of two-dimensional regions such
Duodecimal 412
as countries) can be colored using four colors, so that
adjacent vertices (or regions) are always different Hexadecimal 416
[8]
colors. Three colors are not, in general, sufficient to
Armenian Դ
[9]
guarantee this. The largest planar complete graph has
four vertices. [10] Arabic, Kurdish ٤
Persian, Sindhi ۴
A solid figure with four faces as well as four vertices is a
tetrahedron, which is the smallest possible number of
Shahmukhi, Urdu ۴
faces and vertices a polyhedron can have.[11] The regular Ge'ez ፬
tetrahedron, also called a 3-simplex, is the simplest Bengali, Assamese ৪
[12]
Platonic solid. It has four regular triangles as faces
Chinese numeral 四，亖，肆
that are themselves at dual positions with the vertices of
another tetrahedron.[13]
Devanagari ४
Santali ᱔
The smallest non-cyclic group has four elements; it is the
Klein four-group.[14] An alternating groups are not simple
Telugu ౪
for values ≤ . Malayalam ൪
There are four Hopf fibrations of hyperspheres:
Tamil ௪
Hebrew ‫ד‬

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