No. They may be based on numbers but may refer to other things.
For example, I could device a code where each letter is replaced by the third letter after it (going from Z back to A). So I have 26 equations:
f(A) = D
f(B) = E
f(C) = F and so on.
As a code it is pretty useless, but it should illustrate the point.
numbers are equation because there are numbers in equation which make numbers equation
A quadratic equation always has TWO (2) solutions. They may be different, the same, or non-existant as real numbers (ie they only exist as complex numbers).
The numbers of atoms of each elemental type, as represented by their element symbols, will always be the same on both sides of a balanced chemical equation.
line up the numbers = 12.54 + 4.40=16.94 ------ always check your work
This is a set of three numbers. It is NOT an equation. There is nothing missing from a non-existent equation.
You solve the equation.
In math, an equation that is always true is called an identity.
Identity equation
Seems to me like if it's not always true, then it's no equation.
An equation.
The complex roots of an equation is any solution to that equation which cannot be expressed in terms of real numbers. For example, the equation 0 = x² + 5 does not have any solution in real numbers. But in complex numbers, it has solutions.
The complex roots of an equation are the complex numbers that are solutions to the equation.