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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. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    That is, the value of is obtained by first applying f to x to obtain y = f(x) and then applying g to the result y to obtain g(y) = g(f(x)). In this notation, the function that is applied first is always written on the right.

  4. Group action - Wikipedia

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    The kernel N of the homomorphism with the symmetric group, G → Sym(X), is given by the intersection of the stabilizers G x for all x in X. If N is trivial, the action is said to be faithful (or effective). Let x and y be two elements in X, and let g be a group element such that y = gx. Then the two stabilizer groups G x and G y are related ...

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    1. Inner semidirect product: if N and H are subgroups of a group G, such that N is a normal subgroup of G, then = and = mean that G is the semidirect product of N and H, that is, that every element of G can be uniquely decomposed as the product of an element of N and an element of H.

  6. Gravitational constant - Wikipedia

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    The gravitational constant appears in the Einstein field equations of general relativity, [4] [5] + =, where G μν is the Einstein tensor (not the gravitational constant despite the use of G), Λ is the cosmological constant, g μν is the metric tensor, T μν is the stress–energy tensor, and κ is the Einstein gravitational constant, a ...

  7. Direct product of groups - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, specifically in group theory, the direct product is an operation that takes two groups G and H and constructs a new group, usually denoted G × H.This operation is the group-theoretic analogue of the Cartesian product of sets and is one of several important notions of direct product in mathematics.

  8. List of mathematical functions - Wikipedia

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    Indicator function: maps x to either 1 or 0, depending on whether or not x belongs to some subset. Step function: A finite linear combination of indicator functions of half-open intervals. Heaviside step function: 0 for negative arguments and 1 for positive arguments. The integral of the Dirac delta function. Sawtooth wave; Square wave ...

  9. Lagrange multiplier - Wikipedia

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    To check the first possibility (we touch a contour line of f), notice that since the gradient of a function is perpendicular to the contour lines, the tangents to the contour lines of f and g are parallel if and only if the gradients of f and g are parallel. Thus we want points (x, y) where g(x, y) = c and , =,, for some