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Multiples of principal amount	$ 1,000	$ 1,000							$ 1,000
Interest expense				$ 27,400,000	$ 11,900,000
Coupon interest expense				1,500,000	$ 400,000
0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
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Debt instrument, principal amount				$ 1,380,000,000				$ 1,380,000,000
Net proceeds from issuance of convertible notes	$ 1,162,300,000
Debt instrument, initial conversion rate of shares of common stock per $1,000 principal	3.3732
Debt instrument, initial conversion price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 296.45
Debt instrument, interest rate				0.375%
Debt instrument, fundamental change, repurchase price, equals to principal amount of convertible notes	100.00%
Debt conversion, shares issued (in shares) \| shares				4,700,000
Effective interest rate of the liability component, excluding notes conversions options				8.83%
Remaining life period				5 years 1 month 6 days
0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Capped Call Options
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Purchase price of capped call options				$ 192,800,000
Capped call exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				503.42
0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Common Stock
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Conversion Notes Holders Conversion Rights, Circumstances 1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Debt instrument, convertible, threshold trading/business days \| d	20
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Private Placement
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Debt instrument, interest rate	0.375%
0.125% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
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Debt instrument, interest rate				0.125%
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Effective interest rate of the liability component, excluding notes conversions options				7.05%
If-converted value in excess of principal amount				$ 552,000,000.0		$ 757,900,000
Remaining life period				4 years 1 month 6 days
0.125% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Capped Call Options
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0.125% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Common Stock
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0.125% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Conversion Notes Holders Conversion Rights, Circumstances 1
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0.125% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Private Placement
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
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Debt instrument, interest rate				0.375%
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 \| Capped Call Options
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 \| Common Stock
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 \| Conversion Notes Holders Conversion Rights, Circumstances 1
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0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 \| $125.0 Million Principal Amount of Notes Converted
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Cash payment				$ 3,000,000.0
0.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 \| $89.0 Million Principal Amount of Notes Cancelled
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Cash payment				$ 450,600,000