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  2. Nonlinear system - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system (or a non-linear system) is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. [1] [2] Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, [3] [4] [5] physicists, [6] [7] mathematicians, and many other scientists since most systems are inherently nonlinear in nature. [8]

  3. Activation function - Wikipedia

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    Aside from their empirical performance, activation functions also have different mathematical properties: Nonlinear When the activation function is non-linear, then a two-layer neural network can be proven to be a universal function approximator. [6] This is known as the Universal Approximation Theorem. The identity activation function does not ...

  4. Linear function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the term linear function refers to two distinct but related notions: [1] In calculus and related areas, a linear function is a function whose graph is a straight line, that is, a polynomial function of degree zero or one. [2] For distinguishing such a linear function from the other concept, the term affine function is often used ...

  5. Nonlinear programming - Wikipedia

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    If the objective function is quadratic and the constraints are linear, quadratic programming techniques are used. If the objective function is a ratio of a concave and a convex function (in the maximization case) and the constraints are convex, then the problem can be transformed to a convex optimization problem using fractional programming ...

  6. Functional (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    This is an example of a non-linear functional. The Riemann integral is a linear functional on the vector space of functions defined on [a, b] that are Riemann-integrable from a to b. In mathematics, a functional is a certain type of function. The exact definition of the term varies depending on the subfield (and sometimes even the author).

  7. Nonlinearity (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A nonlinear complementarity problem is found in applied mathematics. Nonlinear control theory is the area of control theory which deals with systems that are nonlinear, time-variant, or both. Nonlinear dimensionality reduction is a simplification that assumes that the data of interest lie on an embedded non-linear manifold within the higher ...

  8. Bent function - Wikipedia

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    The following formula shows that a 4-ary function is bent when its nonlinearity is 6: = = In the mathematical field of combinatorics, a bent function is a Boolean function that is maximally non-linear; it is as different as possible from the set of all linear and affine functions when measured by Hamming distance between truth tables.

  9. Nonlinear algebra - Wikipedia

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    Nonlinear algebra is the nonlinear analogue to linear algebra, generalizing notions of spaces and transformations coming from the linear setting. [1] Algebraic geometry is one of the main areas of mathematical research supporting nonlinear algebra, while major components coming from computational mathematics support the development of the area ...