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  2. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    The term was coined when variables began to be used for sets and mathematical structures. onto A function (which in mathematics is generally defined as mapping the elements of one set A to elements of another B) is called "A onto B" (instead of "A to B" or "A into B") only if it is surjective; it may even be said that "f is onto" (i. e ...

  3. Change of basis - Wikipedia

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    A change of basis consists of converting every assertion expressed in terms of coordinates relative to one basis into an assertion expressed in terms of coordinates relative to the other basis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  4. Covariance and contravariance of vectors - Wikipedia

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    A vector, v, represented in terms of tangent basis e 1, e 2, e 3 to the coordinate curves (left), dual basis, covector basis, or reciprocal basis e 1, e 2, e 3 to coordinate surfaces (right), in 3-d general curvilinear coordinates (q 1, q 2, q 3), a tuple of numbers to define a point in a position space.

  5. Boolean algebra - Wikipedia

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    A law of Boolean algebra is an identity such as x ∨ (y ∨ z) = (x ∨ y) ∨ z between two Boolean terms, where a Boolean term is defined as an expression built up from variables and the constants 0 and 1 using the operations ∧, ∨, and ¬. The concept can be extended to terms involving other Boolean operations such as ⊕, →, and ≡ ...

  6. Basis (universal algebra) - Wikipedia

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    A basis (or reference frame) of a (universal) algebra is a function that takes some algebra elements as values () and satisfies either one of the following two equivalent conditions. Here, the set of all b ( i ) {\displaystyle b(i)} is called the basis set , whereas several authors call it the "basis".

  7. Quaternion - Wikipedia

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    For the remainder of this section, i, j, and k will denote both the three imaginary [27] basis vectors of and a basis for . Replacing i by − i , j by − j , and k by − k sends a vector to its additive inverse , so the additive inverse of a vector is the same as its conjugate as a quaternion.

  8. Basis (linear algebra) - Wikipedia

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    The same vector can be represented in two different bases (purple and red arrows). In mathematics, a set B of vectors in a vector space V is called a basis (pl.: bases) if every element of V may be written in a unique way as a finite linear combination of elements of B.

  9. Basis function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a basis function is an element of a particular basis for a function space.Every function in the function space can be represented as a linear combination of basis functions, just as every vector in a vector space can be represented as a linear combination of basis vectors.