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  2. Function composition - Wikipedia

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    If an airplane's altitude at time t is a(t), and the air pressure at altitude x is p(x), then (p ∘ a)(t) is the pressure around the plane at time t. Function defined on finite sets which change the order of their elements such as permutations can be composed on the same set, this being composition of permutations.

  3. Common fixed point problem - Wikipedia

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    In his thesis, Boyce identified a pair of functions that commute under composition, but do not have a common fixed point, proving the fixed point conjecture to be false. [ 14 ] In 1963, Glenn Baxter and Joichi published a paper about the fixed points of the composite function h ( x ) = f ( g ( x ) ) = g ( f ( x ) ) {\displaystyle h(x)=f(g(x))=g ...

  4. Composition of relations - Wikipedia

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    In Rel the objects are sets, the morphisms are binary relations and the composition of morphisms is exactly composition of relations as defined above. The category Set of sets and functions is a subcategory of R e l {\displaystyle {\mathsf {Rel}}} where the maps X → Y {\displaystyle X\to Y} are functions f : X → Y {\displaystyle f:X\to Y} .

  5. P versus NP problem - Wikipedia

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    Whether a value of x is composite is equivalent to of whether x is a member of COMPOSITE. It can be shown that COMPOSITE ∈ NP by verifying that it satisfies the above definition (if we identify natural numbers with their binary representations). COMPOSITE also happens to be in P, a fact demonstrated by the invention of the AKS primality test ...

  6. Method of matched asymptotic expansions - Wikipedia

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    It is particularly used when solving singularly perturbed differential equations. It involves finding several different approximate solutions, each of which is valid (i.e. accurate) for part of the range of the independent variable, and then combining these different solutions together to give a single approximate solution that is valid for the ...

  7. Chain rule - Wikipedia

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    In calculus, the chain rule is a formula that expresses the derivative of the composition of two differentiable functions f and g in terms of the derivatives of f and g.More precisely, if = is the function such that () = (()) for every x, then the chain rule is, in Lagrange's notation, ′ = ′ (()) ′ (). or, equivalently, ′ = ′ = (′) ′.

  8. Polynomial decomposition - Wikipedia

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    A polynomial decomposition may enable more efficient evaluation of a polynomial. For example, + + + + + + + = () (+ +) can be calculated with 3 multiplications and 3 additions using the decomposition, while Horner's method would require 7 multiplications and 8 additions.

  9. Binary operation - Wikipedia

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    Typical examples of binary operations are the addition (+) and multiplication of numbers and matrices as well as composition of functions on a single set. For instance, For instance, On the set of real numbers R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } , f ( a , b ) = a + b {\displaystyle f(a,b)=a+b} is a binary operation since the sum of two real numbers ...