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  2. List of mathematical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    gcd – greatest common divisor of two numbers. (Also written as hcf.) gd – Gudermannian function. GF – Galois field. GF – generating function. GL – general linear group. G.M. – geometric mean. glb – greatest lower bound. (Also written as inf.) G.P. – geometric progression. grad – gradient of a function. graphgraph of a ...

  3. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    The same term can also be used more informally to refer to something "standard" or "classic". For example, one might say that Euclid's proof is the "canonical proof" of the infinitude of primes. There are two canonical proofs that are always used to show non-mathematicians what a mathematical proof is like:

  4. Bivector - Wikipedia

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    The rotation vector is an example of an axial vector. Axial vectors, or pseudovectors, are vectors with the special feature that their coordinates undergo a sign change relative to the usual vectors (also called "polar vectors") under inversion through the origin, reflection in a plane, or other orientation-reversing linear transformation. [18]

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    2. Denotes the additive inverse and is read as minus, the negative of, or the opposite of; for example, –2. 3. Also used in place of \ for denoting the set-theoretic complement; see \ in § Set theory. × (multiplication sign) 1. In elementary arithmetic, denotes multiplication, and is read as times; for example, 3 × 2. 2.

  6. Vector (mathematics and physics) - Wikipedia

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    A vector is what is needed to "carry" the point A to the point B; the Latin word vector means "carrier". [4] It was first used by 18th century astronomers investigating planetary revolution around the Sun. [5] The magnitude of the vector is the distance between the two points, and the direction refers to the direction of displacement from A to B.

  7. Two-vector - Wikipedia

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    A two-vector or bivector [1] is a tensor of type () and it is the dual of a two-form, meaning that it is a linear functional which maps two-forms to the real numbers (or more generally, to scalars). The tensor product of a pair of vectors is a two-vector. Then, any two-form can be expressed as a linear combination of tensor products of pairs of ...

  8. Quiver (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, especially representation theory, a quiver is another name for a multidigraph; that is, a directed graph where loops and multiple arrows between two vertices are allowed. Quivers are commonly used in representation theory: a representation V of a quiver assigns a vector space V ( x ) to each vertex x of the quiver and a linear ...

  9. Glossary of graph theory - Wikipedia

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    This type of mapping between graphs is the one that is most commonly used in category-theoretic approaches to graph theory. A proper graph coloring can equivalently be described as a homomorphism to a complete graph. 2. The homomorphism degree of a graph is a synonym for its Hadwiger number, the order of the largest clique minor. hyperarc