• In mathematics, a variable (from Latin variabilis 'changeable') is a symbol, typically a letter, that refers to an unspecified mathematical object. One...
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    mathematical function), on the values of other variables. Independent variables, on the other hand, are not seen as depending on any other variable in...
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    In mathematics and statistics, a quantitative variable may be continuous or discrete. If it can take on two real values and all the values between them...
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  • In mathematics, and in other disciplines involving formal languages, including mathematical logic and computer science, a variable may be said to be either...
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    A random variable (also called random quantity, aleatory variable, or stochastic variable) is a mathematical formalization of a quantity or object which...
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    Foundation of Mathematics. Vol. 73. North Holland.; here: Sect.1.3 Sobolev, S.K. (originator). Free variable. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Springer. ISBN 1402006098...
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  • variables in mathematics. The latter is abstract, having no reference to a physical object such as storage location. The value of a computing variable is not...
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    complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including...
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  • Conjugate variables are pairs of variables mathematically defined in such a way that they become Fourier transform duals, or more generally are related...
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    In mathematics, two sequences of numbers, often experimental data, are proportional or directly proportional if their corresponding elements have a constant...
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  • refer to: Variable (computer science), a symbolic name associated with a value and whose associated value may be changed Variable (mathematics), a symbol...
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  • A control variable (or scientific constant) in scientific experimentation is an experimental element which is constant (controlled) and unchanged throughout...
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  • elementary mathematics, this is most often a number – for example, a real number such as π or an integer such as 42. The value of a variable or a constant...
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  • In mathematical logic, a propositional variable (also called a sentence letter, sentential variable, or sentential letter) is an input variable (that can...
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  • lower-case letters were used for variables and constants. Letters are used for representing many other types of mathematical object. As the number of these...
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  • variables and to functions of a complex variable. In the second half of the 19th century, the mathematically rigorous definition of a function was introduced...
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  • narrower context could be regarded as a variable in a broader context. Some values occur frequently in mathematics and are conventionally denoted by a specific...
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    In mathematics, a set is a collection of different things; the things are elements or members of the set and are typically mathematical objects: numbers...
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    complex variable") is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is useful in many branches of mathematics, including...
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  • In mathematics, an equation is a mathematical formula that expresses the equality of two expressions, by connecting them with the equals sign =. The word...
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  • A state variable is one of the set of variables that are used to describe the mathematical "state" of a dynamical system. Intuitively, the state of a system...
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    In mathematics, a coefficient is a multiplicative factor involved in some term of a polynomial, a series, or any other type of expression. It may be a...
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  • subareas shared by other areas of mathematics which include: Multivariable calculus Functional analysis, where variables represent varying functions Integration...
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  • limit. It is the "mathematical backbone" for dealing with problems where variables change with time or another reference variable. Infinitesimal calculus...
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  • etc.). Attributes are closely related to variables. A variable is a logical set of attributes. Variables can "vary" – for example, be high or low. How...
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    formalized in mathematics: through logic or through set theory. In logic, equality is a primitive predicate (a statement that may have free variables) with the...
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  • By mathematical analogy, a metasyntactic variable is a word that is a variable for other words, just as in algebra letters are used as variables for...
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  • Complicated mathematical models that have many variables may be consolidated by use of vectors where one symbol represents several variables. Mathematical modeling...
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  • In mathematics, an indeterminate or formal variable is a variable (a symbol, usually a letter) that is used purely formally in a mathematical expression...
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  • modern logic, an axiom is a premise or starting point for reasoning. In mathematics, an axiom may be a "logical axiom" or a "non-logical axiom". Logical...
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