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algebraic functions

algebraic functions is the plural of algebraic function.

Meaning of algebraic function

Noun

algebraic function (plural algebraic functions)

  1. Informally, any function expressible using (only) the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and raising to a rational power; more precisely, any continuous function definable as the root of some polynomial equation.
    • Quite often, algebraic functions are algebraic expressions using a finite number of terms and involving only the algebraic operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and raising to a fractional power. Some algebraic functions, however, cannot be expressed by such finite expressions.

Questions about algebraic functions

What is algebraic functions the plural of?
Algebraic functions is the plural of algebraic function.

Words near algebraic functions in the dictionary

  1. algebraic equation
  2. algebraic equations
  3. algebraic extension
  4. algebraic extensions
  5. algebraic function
  6. algebraic functions
  7. algebraic fundamental group
  8. algebraic fundamental groups
  9. algebraic geometer
  10. algebraic geometers
  11. algebraic geometries

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