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Conway's constant

Conway's constant proper noun: the constant 1.303577269034..., an algebraic number of degree 71, related to the limit of the growth of the look-and-say sequence.

Proper noun

Conway's constant

  1. The constant 1.303577269034..., an algebraic number of degree 71, related to the limit of the growth of the look-and-say sequence.

Origin of Conway's constant

Named after John Horton Conway.

Questions about Conway's constant

What does Conway's constant mean?
Conway's constant means the constant 1.303577269034..., an algebraic number of degree 71, related to the limit of the growth of the look-and-say sequence.
What part of speech is Conway's constant?
Conway's constant is a proper noun.

Words near Conway's constant in the dictionary

  1. Conway criterion
  2. Conway knot
  3. Conway knots
  4. Conway polynomial
  5. Conway polynomials
  6. Conway's constant
  7. Conway's law
  8. Conway-Alexander polynomial
  9. Conway-Alexander polynomials
  10. Conways
  11. Conwell

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