Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
abelian | a term in group theory designating a type of commutative group. |
bijection | in maths, a kind of mapping function. |
bijective | having the properties of a bijection, a kind of mapping function. |
cardinality | the number of elements in a given mathematical set. |
codomain | a set of values that a function is allowed to take. |
coset | a set which when added to another set results in a larger set. |
covariance | the property of varying concomitantly. |
covariant | a function of the coefficients and variables of a given function which is invariant under a linear transformation except for a factor equal to a power of the determinant of the transformation. |
covariation | the correlated variation of two or more variables. |
covary | to vary in a covariant way. |
differential | relating to a difference (noun) the product of the derivative of a function of one variable by the increment of the independent variable |
differentially | (Adv.) DIFFERENTIAL, relating to a difference. |
eigenfunction | each of a set of independent functions which are the solutions to a given differential equation. |
eigenvalue | mathematical term relating to solutions of an equation. |
eigenvector | a vector which when operated on by a given operator gives a scalar multiple of that vector. |
groupoid | a type of mathematical set. |
holomorphic | of a function of a complex variable, having a derivative at each point of its domain. |
homography | a type of transformation that maps straight lines onto another plane. |
injective | being a one to one mathematical function. |
integrand | a function to be integrated. |
maximal | pertaining to the maximum (noun) an element of a mathematical set that is followed by no other |
maximin | the highest value in a set of minimum values. |
minimal | relating to the minimum (noun) a term in a mathematical set preceding all others |
minimally | (Adv.) MINIMAL, relating to the minimum. |
orthonormal | orthogonal with the integral of the square of each function over a specified interval equal to one. |
parameterise | to set parameters for. |
parameterize | to set parameters for. |
permutation | the arrangement of a set of things in every possible order. |
quantic | a rational integral homogeneous function of two or more variables. |
quantical | of or like a quantic, a homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables. |
quartic | of the fourth degree; (noun) a function, curve or surface of the fourth degree. |
recursive | involving or designating a repeated procedure such that the required result at each step except the last is given in terms of the result(s) of the next step. |
recursively | (Adv.) RECURSIVE, involving or designating a repeated procedure such that the required result at each step except the last is given in terms of the result(s) of the next step. |
subset | a mathematical set contained within a larger set. |
superset | a set that includes all the elements of another set plus further elements. |
supremum | in maths, a maximum bound. |
surjection | a mapping function in which all elements in one set correspond to all elements in another set. |
surjective | relating to surjection, a mapping function in which all elements in one set correspond to all elements in another set. |