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  • Thumbnail for Inverse trigonometric functions
    In mathematics, the inverse trigonometric functions (occasionally also called arcus functions, antitrigonometric functions or cyclometric functions) are...
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  • Thumbnail for Positional notation
    Positional notation (or place-value notation, or positional numeral system) usually denotes the extension to any base of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system...
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  • Thumbnail for Linear subspace
    In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear subspace or vector subspace is a vector space that is a subset of some larger vector...
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  • Thumbnail for Functional (mathematics)
    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)...
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  • Thumbnail for Vigesimal
    A vigesimal (/vɪˈdʒɛsɪməl/ vij-ESS-im-əl) or base-20 (base-score) numeral system is based on twenty (in the same way in which the decimal numeral system...
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  • Thumbnail for Speck (cipher)
    Speck is a family of lightweight block ciphers publicly released by the National Security Agency (NSA) in June 2013. Speck has been optimized for performance...
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  • Thumbnail for Haversine formula
    The haversine formula determines the great-circle distance between two points on a sphere given their longitudes and latitudes. Important in navigation...
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  • In mathematics, the qualifier pointwise is used to indicate that a certain property is defined by considering each value f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)} of...
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  • In mathematics, the Lucas–Lehmer–Riesel test is a primality test for numbers of the form N = k ⋅ 2n − 1 with odd k < 2n. The test was developed by Hans...
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  • In mathematics, specifically functional analysis, Mercer's theorem is a representation of a symmetric positive-definite function on a square as a sum of...
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  • In mathematics, a highly structured ring spectrum or A ∞ {\displaystyle A_{\infty }} -ring is an object in homotopy theory encoding a refinement of a multiplicative...
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  • In mathematics, in the area of statistical analysis, the bispectrum is a statistic used to search for nonlinear interactions. The Fourier transform of...
    8 KB (955 words) - 18:49, 30 September 2023
  • In mathematics and statistics, random projection is a technique used to reduce the dimensionality of a set of points which lie in Euclidean space. According...
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  • In differential geometry, a constant scalar curvature Kähler metric (cscK metric), is (as the name suggests) a Kähler metric on a complex manifold whose...
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    Ramanathan Gnanadesikan (2 November 1932 – 6 July 2015) was an Indian statistician, known for his work in multivariate data analysis and leadership in...
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