It's from Gestalt psychology which is based on the premise that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
To my knowledge it comes from the new science of systems, General Systems Theory and infers that one cannot know the whole through the traditional science of reductionism, taking it apart, studying the parts and putting them back together again, thinking then you know the whole. The reason for this is one can only understand the parts in interaction, or as they term it dynamic interaction, for there seems always an emergent quality or qualities that arise from this dynamic interaction of the parts, which could never have been predicted by the study of the parts in isolation. Part to part, part to the whole and the whole to each of its parts. We might say we know the whole, when we know a working whole.
A generalization about factors and products for whole numbers is that every whole number greater than one has at least two factors: one and itself. Additionally, the product of two whole numbers is always a whole number, and if both factors are greater than one, their product will also be greater than either factor. This illustrates the foundational relationship between multiplication and the concept of factors in whole numbers.
Because it was more of a slogan than a reality.
When they have a factor in common greater than one.
False.
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Close. "The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is a quote that can be best attributed to gestalt psychology.
synergy.
Synergy, possibly.
Often times the saying "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" is used to describe when it is believed that something has more value if it's separated into it's parts and sold separately than the whole thing. For example, sometimes large companies are believed to be worth more if they sold each division of the company separately rather than selling the whole company.
structuralist.
It is a saying to describe synergy. Mathematically, though, the whole is equal to the sum of the parts - not more nor less.
It is the concept of synergy which is not really a mathematical concept.
a branch of psychology believing that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts", studies perceptions and against dividing into discrete parts.
There are infinitely many whole numbers which are greater than 20.
This concept is known as synergy, where the combined effect of the parts working together is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
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