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  2. Differential form - Wikipedia

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    Let ω be an m-form on M, and let η be an n-form on N that is almost everywhere positive with respect to the orientation of N. Then, for almost every y ∈ N, the form ω / η y is a well-defined integrable m − n form on f −1 (y). Moreover, there is an integrable n-form on N defined by

  3. Horner's method - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and computer science, Horner's method (or Horner's scheme) is an algorithm for polynomial evaluation.Although named after William George Horner, this method is much older, as it has been attributed to Joseph-Louis Lagrange by Horner himself, and can be traced back many hundreds of years to Chinese and Persian mathematicians. [1]

  4. Newton's method - Wikipedia

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    Although the convergence of x n + 1 − x n in this case is not very rapid, it can be proved from the iteration formula. This example highlights the possibility that a stopping criterion for Newton's method based only on the smallness of x n + 1 − x n and f(x n) might falsely identify a root.

  5. One-form (differential geometry) - Wikipedia

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    It is closed (its exterior derivative is zero) but not exact, meaning that it is not the derivative of a 0-form (that is, a function): the angle is not a globally defined smooth function on the entire punctured plane. In fact, this form generates the first de Rham cohomology of the punctured plane. This is the most basic example of such a form ...

  6. Polynomial evaluation - Wikipedia

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    Horner's method evaluates a polynomial using repeated bracketing: + + + + + = + (+ (+ (+ + (+)))). This method reduces the number of multiplications and additions to just Horner's method is so common that a computer instruction "multiply–accumulate operation" has been added to many computer processors, which allow doing the addition and multiplication operations in one combined step.

  7. Closed and exact differential forms - Wikipedia

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    The form generates the de Rham cohomology group ({}), meaning that any closed form is the sum of an exact form and a multiple of : = + , where = accounts for a non-trivial contour integral around the origin, which is the only obstruction to a closed form on the punctured plane (locally the derivative of a potential function) being the ...

  8. Generalized Stokes theorem - Wikipedia

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    It is a special case of the general Stokes theorem (with =) once we identify a vector field with a 1-form using the metric on Euclidean 3-space. The curve of the line integral, ∂ Σ {\displaystyle \partial \Sigma } , must have positive orientation , meaning that ∂ Σ {\displaystyle \partial \Sigma } points counterclockwise when the surface ...

  9. List of mathematical functions - Wikipedia

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    Dirac delta function: everywhere zero except for x = 0; total integral is 1. Not a function but a distribution, but sometimes informally referred to as a function, particularly by physicists and engineers. Dirichlet function: is an indicator function that matches 1 to rational numbers and 0 to irrationals. It is nowhere continuous.