Square
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
An equal-sided rectangle.
The square of a number 
is the product 
; so called because this product expresses the area of a square with side length 
.
Comments
The expression "square" for 
is (just as "cubecube" for 
) a remnant of the geometric view on numbers of the old Greeks.
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Square. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Square&oldid=11637
Square. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Square&oldid=11637
This article was adapted from an original article by BSE-3 (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article