To stamp or label documents with Bates numbers.

simple past tense and past participle of Bates number

plural of Bates numbering

A sequence of Bates numbers in a particular set of documents. / The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.

present participle of Bates number

(mathematics) Any of a sequence of numbers related to the Fibonacci numbers. L(0) = 1, L(1) = 1, and then, for all n larger than 1, L(n) = L(n-1)+L(n-2)+1.

In combinatorial mathematics, any of a sequence of natural numbers that occur in various counting problems, often involving recursively defined objects; the nᵗʰ Catalan number is equal to (2n choose n) over (n+1).

A number which has had significant figures omitted beyond a certain point to make calculations easier; rounded number.

(mathematics) The number of distinct meanders of a given order.

An extremely large number that is an upper bound on the solution to a certain problem in Ramsey theory.