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  2. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a function from a set X to a set Y assigns to each element of X exactly one element of Y. [1] The set X is called the domain of the function [2] and the set Y is called the codomain of the function. [3] Functions were originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity.

  3. List of mathematical functions - Wikipedia

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    Indicator function: maps x to either 1 or 0, depending on whether or not x belongs to some subset. Step function: A finite linear combination of indicator functions of half-open intervals. Heaviside step function: 0 for negative arguments and 1 for positive arguments. The integral of the Dirac delta function. Sawtooth wave; Square wave ...

  4. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    If y is a variable that depends on x, then , read as "d y over d x" (commonly shortened to "d y d x"), is the derivative of y with respect to x. 2. If f is a function of a single variable x , then d f d x {\displaystyle \textstyle {\frac {\mathrm {d} f}{\mathrm {d} x}}} is the derivative of f , and d f d x ( a ) {\displaystyle \textstyle {\frac ...

  5. Geometry - Wikipedia

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    Geometry is, along with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a geometer. Until the 19th century, geometry was almost exclusively devoted to Euclidean geometry, [a] which includes the notions of point, line, plane, distance, angle, surface, and curve, as fundamental ...

  6. Functional (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In the case where the space is a space of functions, the functional is a "function of a function", [6] and some older authors actually define the term "functional" to mean "function of a function". However, the fact that X {\displaystyle X} is a space of functions is not mathematically essential, so this older definition is no longer prevalent.

  7. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Algebra (and later, calculus) can thus be used to solve geometrical problems. Geometry was split into two new subfields: synthetic geometry, which uses purely geometrical methods, and analytic geometry, which uses coordinates systemically. [23] Analytic geometry allows the study of curves unrelated to circles and lines.

  8. Domain of a function - Wikipedia

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    For a function :, the set Y is called the codomain: the set to which all outputs must belong. The set of specific outputs the function assigns to elements of X is called its range or image. The image of f is a subset of Y, shown as the yellow oval in the accompanying diagram. Any function can be restricted to a subset of its domain.

  9. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, if a < 0, the change of variable x → –x allows supposing a > 0. After this change of variable, the new graph is the mirror image of the previous one, with respect of the y-axis. Then, the change of variable x = x 1 – ⁠ b / 3a ⁠ provides a function of the form = + +.