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  2. Minkowski's question-mark function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, Minkowski's question-mark function, denoted ?(x), is a function with unusual fractal properties, defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904. [1] It maps quadratic irrational numbers to rational numbers on the unit interval , via an expression relating the continued fraction expansions of the quadratics to the binary expansions of the ...

  3. Limit of a function - Wikipedia

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    For such a double limit to exist, this definition requires the value of f approaches L along every possible path approaching (p, q), excluding the two lines x = p and y = q. As a result, the multiple limit is a weaker notion than the ordinary limit: if the ordinary limit exists and equals L, then the multiple limit exists and also equals L. The ...

  4. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A specific element x of X is a value of the variable, and the corresponding element of Y is the value of the function at x, or the image of x under the function. A function f , its domain X , and its codomain Y are often specified by the notation f : XY . {\displaystyle f:X\to Y.}

  5. Boolean algebra - Wikipedia

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    If x is true, then the result of expression xy is taken to be that of y (e.g. if x is true and y is false, then xy is also false). But if x is false, then the value of y can be ignored; however, the operation must return some Boolean value and there are only two choices. So by definition, xy is true when x is false (relevance ...

  6. Proof that π is irrational - Wikipedia

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    This last integral is , since (+) is the null function (because is a polynomial function of degree ). Since each function f ( k ) {\displaystyle f^{(k)}} (with 0 ≤ k ≤ 2 n {\displaystyle 0\leq k\leq 2n} ) takes integer values at 0 {\displaystyle 0} and π {\displaystyle \pi } and since the same thing happens with the sine and the cosine ...

  7. Divergence (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    The information geometry definition of divergence (the subject of this article) was initially referred to by alternative terms, including "quasi-distance" Amari (1982, p. 369) and "contrast function" Eguchi (1985), though "divergence" was used in Amari (1985) for the α-divergence, and has become standard for the general class. [1] [2]

  8. Quadratic form - Wikipedia

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    When the characteristic of K is 2, so that 2 is not a unit, it is still possible to use a quadratic form to define a symmetric bilinear form B′(x, y) = Q(x + y) − Q(x) − Q(y). However, Q(x) can no longer be recovered from this B′ in the same way, since B′(x, x) = 0 for all x (and is thus alternating). [8] Alternatively, there always ...

  9. Characteristic function (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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    Here F X is the cumulative distribution function of X, f X is the corresponding probability density function, Q X (p) is the corresponding inverse cumulative distribution function also called the quantile function, [2] and the integrals are of the Riemann–Stieltjes kind.