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  2. Computational complexity of mathematical operations - Wikipedia

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    Here, complexity refers to the time complexity of performing computations on a multitape Turing machine. [1] See big O notation for an explanation of the notation used. Note: Due to the variety of multiplication algorithms, M ( n ) {\displaystyle M(n)} below stands in for the complexity of the chosen multiplication algorithm.

  3. Closest pair of points problem - Wikipedia

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    Randomized algorithms that solve the problem in linear time are known, in Euclidean spaces whose dimension is treated as a constant for the purposes of asymptotic analysis. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This is significantly faster than the O ( n 2 ) {\displaystyle O(n^{2})} time (expressed here in big O notation ) that would be obtained by a naive ...

  4. Doubling space - Wikipedia

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    In the Euclidean plane, seven disks of radius r/2 can cover any disk of radius r, so the plane is a doubling space with doubling constant 7 and doubling dimension log 2 7.. In mathematics, a metric space X with metric d is said to be doubling if there is some doubling constant M > 0 such that for any x ∈ X and r > 0, it is possible to cover the ball B(x, r) = {y | d(x, y) < r} with the union ...

  5. Complex number - Wikipedia

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    A complex number can be visually represented as a pair of numbers (a, b) forming a vector on a diagram called an Argand diagram, representing the complex plane. Re is the real axis, Im is the imaginary axis, and i is the "imaginary unit", that satisfies i 2 = −1.

  6. Dirac delta function - Wikipedia

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    As another example, consider a distribution in which 6/10 of the time returns a standard normal distribution, and 4/10 of the time returns exactly the value 3.5 (i.e. a partly continuous, partly discrete mixture distribution). The density function of this distribution can be written as

  7. Cayley–Dickson construction - Wikipedia

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    In fact, starting with a field F, the construction yields a sequence of F-algebras of dimension 2 n. For n = 2 it is an associative algebra called a quaternion algebra, and for n = 3 it is an alternative algebra called an octonion algebra. These instances n = 1, 2 and 3 produce composition algebras as shown below.

  8. Metric space - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a metric space is a set together with a notion of distance between its elements, usually called points. The distance is measured by a function called a metric or distance function. [1] Metric spaces are the most general setting for studying many of the concepts of mathematical analysis and geometry.

  9. Discrete calculus - Wikipedia

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    If the speed is constant, only multiplication is needed, but if the speed changes, we evaluate the distance traveled by breaking up the time into many short intervals of time, then multiplying the time elapsed in each interval by one of the speeds in that interval, and then taking the sum (a Riemann sum) of the distance traveled in each interval.