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    state function, function of state, or point function for a thermodynamic system is a mathematical function relating several state variables or state quantities...
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  • Smith as a central function of the state, since these goods would otherwise be underprovided. Tilly has challenged narratives of the state as being the result...
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  • In quantum chemistry, a configuration state function (CSF), is a symmetry-adapted linear combination of Slater determinants. A CSF must not be confused...
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    Entropy (category State functions)
    that state. State variables can be functions of state, also called state functions, in a sense that one state variable is a mathematical function of other...
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  • characteristic state function or Massieu's potential in statistical mechanics refers to a particular relationship between the partition function of an ensemble...
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  • characteristic function of a cooperative game in game theory. The characteristic polynomial in linear algebra. The characteristic state function in statistical...
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    equilibrium state space of a thermodynamic system is termed a process function, or, alternatively, a process quantity, or a path function. As an example...
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    time derivative of a function of state (which can also be written with the dot notation) since heat is not a function of state. Heat flux is defined...
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  • ceremonies sometimes also refers to the protocol officer during an official state function, especially in monarchies. Today, the term is often used to connote...
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  • mathematics, a function from a set X to a set Y assigns to each element of X exactly one element of Y. The set X is called the domain of the function and the...
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  • probability density function is proportional to some function of the ensemble parameters and random variables. Thermodynamic state functions are described by...
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    Enthalpy (category State functions)
    internal energy and the product of its pressure and volume. It is a state function in thermodynamics used in many measurements in chemical, biological...
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    thermodynamic temperature as a state function. A passage from a given initial thermodynamic state to a given final thermodynamic state of a thermodynamic system...
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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. This concept...
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  • the function Q {\displaystyle Q} is a state function of the system: a mathematical function which depends solely on the current equilibrium state, not...
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  • a transfer function (also known as system function or network function) of a system, sub-system, or component is a mathematical function that models...
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    Thermodynamic free energy (category State functions)
    In thermodynamics, the thermodynamic free energy is one of the state functions of a thermodynamic system. The change in the free energy is the maximum...
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    direct access of state spaces of large or variable-length keys. Use of hash functions relies on statistical properties of key and function interaction: worst-case...
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  • transformation of the state function. Operator eigenvalues calculated with the diagonalized Hamiltonian on the transformed state function thus are the same...
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    entropy ( d ) {\displaystyle (\mathrm {d} )} because entropy is a function of state, while heat, like work, is not. For an actually possible infinitesimal...
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    optimization and decision theory, a loss function or cost function (sometimes also called an error function) is a function that maps an event or values of one...
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    mathematics, the gamma function (represented by Γ, capital Greek letter gamma) is the most common extension of the factorial function to complex numbers....
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    A=-S\,\mathrm {d} T-p\,\mathrm {d} V.} Because A is a thermodynamic function of state, this relation is also valid for a process (without electrical work...
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    interpretations of quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, also called reduction of the state vector, occurs when a wave function—initially in a superposition of...
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  • equilibrium Stability (disambiguation) State function Stationary process Stationary state Time invariance Transient state "AC analysis intro 1 (Video)". Power...
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    Internal energy (category State functions)
    a state function, measured as the quantity of energy necessary to bring the system from its standard internal state to its present internal state of...
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    system is zero, as entropy is a state function. During a closed cycle, the system returns to its original thermodynamic state of temperature and pressure...
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  • Sigel State Property (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film State property, state or public ownership of an enterprise or asset. State function, a...
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    described by stating its internal energy U, an extensive variable, as a function of its entropy S, also an extensive variable, and other state variables...
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  • the Massieu function (sometimes called Massieu–Gibbs function, Massieu potential, or Gibbs function, or characteristic (state) function in its original...
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