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  2. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    In the context of proofs, this phrase is often seen in induction arguments when passing from the base case to the induction step, and similarly, in the definition of sequences whose first few terms are exhibited as examples of the formula giving every term of the sequence. necessary and sufficient

  3. Detection limit - Wikipedia

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    Most analytical instruments produce a signal even when a blank (matrix without analyte) is analyzed.This signal is referred to as the noise level. The instrument detection limit (IDL) is the analyte concentration that is required to produce a signal greater than three times the standard deviation of the noise level.

  4. Although a common classroom experiment is often explained this way, [443] Bernoulli's principle only applies within a flow field, and the air above and below the paper is in different flow fields. [444] The paper rises because the air follows the curve of the paper and a curved streamline will develop pressure differences perpendicular to the ...

  5. Big O notation - Wikipedia

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    Big O notation is a mathematical notation that describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity. Big O is a member of a family of notations invented by German mathematicians Paul Bachmann, [1] Edmund Landau, [2] and others, collectively called Bachmann–Landau notation or asymptotic notation.

  6. Infimum and supremum - Wikipedia

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    However, the general definitions remain valid in the more abstract setting of order theory where arbitrary partially ordered sets are considered. The concepts of infimum and supremum are close to minimum and maximum, but are more useful in analysis because they better characterize special sets which may have no minimum or maximum.

  7. Plus–minus sign - Wikipedia

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    Here, the plus-or-minus sign indicates that the term may be added or subtracted depending on whether n is odd or even; a rule which can be deduced from the first few terms. A more rigorous presentation would multiply each term by a factor of (−1) n, which gives +1 when n is even, and −1 when n is odd.

  8. Leading-order term - Wikipedia

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    Of course, y is not actually completely constant at x = 0.001 – this is just its main behaviour in the vicinity of this point.It may be that retaining only the leading-order (or approximately leading-order) terms, and regarding all the other smaller terms as negligible, is insufficient (when using the model for future prediction, for example), and so it may be necessary to also retain the ...

  9. List of theorems - Wikipedia

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    Kawasaki's theorem (mathematics of paper folding) Kelvin's circulation theorem ; Kempf–Ness theorem (algebraic geometry) Kepler conjecture (discrete geometry) Kharitonov's theorem (control theory) Khinchin's theorem (probability) Killing–Hopf theorem (Riemannian geometry) Kinoshita–Lee–Nauenberg theorem (quantum field theory)