Why Integers are denoted as Z
and Rational numbers are denoted as Q.
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Q for the set of rational numbers and Z for the set of integers are apparently due to N. Bourbaki. (N. Bourbaki was a group of mostly French mathematicians which began meeting in the 1930s, aiming to write a thorough unified account of all mathematics.)
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The notation Z for the set of integers comes from the German word Zahlen, which means "numbers"
and Q means Quotient
Rational numbers are denoted by Q because we basically know that every rational numbers are quotient. So we clearly understand that every rational numbers are given in a fraction method where denominator will never be zero and numerator will be given as a whole number.
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