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  2. Nabla symbol - Wikipedia

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    The nabla is a triangular symbol resembling an inverted Greek delta: [1] or ∇. The name comes, by reason of the symbol's shape, from the Hellenistic Greek word νάβλα for a Phoenician harp, [2] [3] and was suggested by the encyclopedist William Robertson Smith in an 1870 letter to Peter Guthrie Tait.

  3. Inverse Gaussian distribution - Wikipedia

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    The inverse Gaussian distribution is a two-parameter exponential family with natural parameters −λ/(2μ 2) and −λ/2, and natural statistics X and 1/X.. For > fixed, it is also a single-parameter natural exponential family distribution [3] where the base distribution has density

  4. Triangular matrix - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a triangular matrix is a special kind of square matrix.A square matrix is called lower triangular if all the entries above the main diagonal are zero. . Similarly, a square matrix is called upper triangular if all the entries below the main diagonal

  5. Weibull distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the Weibull distribution / ˈ w aɪ b ʊ l / is a continuous probability distribution.It models a broad range of random variables, largely in the nature of a time to failure or time between events.

  6. Degeneracy (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a degenerate case is a limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class; [1] "degeneracy" is the condition of being a degenerate case.

  7. Inverted pyramid (journalism) - Wikipedia

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    The inverted pyramid method visualised. The inverted pyramid is a metaphor used by journalists and other writers to illustrate how information should be prioritised and structured in prose (e.g., a news report).

  8. Reuleaux triangle - Wikipedia

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    The boundary of a Reuleaux triangle is a constant width curve based on an equilateral triangle. All points on a side are equidistant from the opposite vertex.

  9. Euclidean space - Wikipedia

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    Euclidean space was introduced by ancient Greeks as an abstraction of our physical space. Their great innovation, appearing in Euclid's Elements was to build and prove all geometry by starting from a few very basic properties, which are abstracted from the physical world, and cannot be mathematically proved because of the lack of more basic tools.