Search results for "Function (mathematics)" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • The exponential function is one of the most important functions in mathematics. For a variable x, this function is written as exp(x) or ex, where ...
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  • straight curve (the term curve in mathematics includes "straight ... : x is the independent variable of the function y. In three dimensions ...
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  • that it cannot be seen or measured. In mathematics, it is a non-zero quantity ... ::To find the derivative f′(x) of the function f(x) = x2, let dx ...
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  • In mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture the intuitive ... it almost synonymous with mathematical function (as in learning curve), ...
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  • mathematician and economist. He applied mathematics to the field of economics ... and graphing supply and demand as a function of price, is recognized ...
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  • implications for the foundations of mathematics. His best know contribution ... Gymnasium in 1889. He then studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy ...
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  • Mathematical logic is best understood as a branch of logic or mathematics ... the fundamental concepts of mathematics. It would be misleading ...
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  • In mathematics, an average, mean, or central tendency of a data set ... an "average value" is known in mathematics as the arithmetic mean ...
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  • y] = to measure") is a branch of mathematics that deals with triangles ... Trigonometry has applications in both pure mathematics and in applied ...
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  • In mathematics, the number 1 is the natural number A natural number ... since 1x=1 and so has no unique inverse function. In the real number ...
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  • In linguistics, logic, and mathematics etc., quantification is the ... in the context of linguistics, logic and mathematics denotes the kind of linguistic ...
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  • In mathematics, curvature refers to any of a number of loosely related ... Given a function r(t) with values in R3, the curvature at a given ...
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  • as "two counties over." In mathematics, however, distance must ... of geometry, engineering, trigonometry, mathematics, physics, and law. ...
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  • In mathematics, the logarithm (or log) of a number x in base b is ... The inverse of the logarithmic function is called the antilogarithm ...
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  • in a Jesuit College in 1624 to study mathematics and philosophy until 1626 ... ducal mathematician and professor of mathematics in the University of Pisa ...
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  • *Ball (mathematics) *Degree (angle) *Ellipse *Pi *Sphere ... Category:Mathematics Category:Geometry 158673603 ...
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  • Frege's father was a schoolteacher whose specialty was mathematics ... and variables. Frege wanted to show that mathematics grew out of Aristotelian ...
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  • provable and unprovable statements. In mathematics, a theorem is a statement ... It is common in mathematics to choose a number of premises that are ...
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  • or to its two-dimensional surface. In mathematics, a sphere is the set of ... where Γ(z) is Euler's Gamma function. Another formula for surface ...
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