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  2. Order theory - Wikipedia

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    Every order theoretic definition has its dual: it is the notion one obtains by applying the definition to the inverse order. Since all concepts are symmetric, this operation preserves the theorems of partial orders. For a given mathematical result, one can just invert the order and replace all definitions by their duals and one obtains another ...

  3. Inversion (discrete mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The set of permutations on n items can be given the structure of a partial order, called the weak order of permutations, which forms a lattice. The Hasse diagram of the inversion sets ordered by the subset relation forms the skeleton of a permutohedron .

  4. Monotonic function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This concept first arose in calculus , and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory .

  5. Inverse function - Wikipedia

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    In classical mathematics, every injective function f with a nonempty domain necessarily has a left inverse; however, this may fail in constructive mathematics. For instance, a left inverse of the inclusion {0,1} → R of the two-element set in the reals violates indecomposability by giving a retraction of the real line to the set {0,1} .

  6. Duality (order theory) - Wikipedia

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    In the mathematical area of order theory, every partially ordered set P gives rise to a dual (or opposite) partially ordered set which is often denoted by P op or P d.This dual order P op is defined to be the same set, but with the inverse order, i.e. x ≤ y holds in P op if and only if y ≤ x holds in P.

  7. Inverse problem - Wikipedia

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    In order to understand what may happen, we have to keep in mind that solving such a linear inverse problem amount to solving a Fredholm integral equation of the first kind: = (,) () where K {\displaystyle K} is the kernel, x {\displaystyle x} and y {\displaystyle y} are vectors of R 2 {\displaystyle R^{2}} , and Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } is a ...

  8. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    There is no general consensus about the definition of mathematics or its epistemological status—that is, its place inside knowledge. A great many professional mathematicians take no interest in a definition of mathematics, or consider it undefinable. There is not even consensus on whether mathematics is an art or a science.

  9. Involution (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Any involution is a bijection.. The identity map is a trivial example of an involution. Examples of nontrivial involutions include negation (x ↦ −x), reciprocation (x ↦ 1/x), and complex conjugation (z ↦ z) in arithmetic; reflection, half-turn rotation, and circle inversion in geometry; complementation in set theory; and reciprocal ciphers such as the ROT13 transformation and the ...