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complementary functions

complementary functions is the plural of complementary function.

Meaning of complementary function

Noun

complementary function (plural complementary functions)

  1. For a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=g(x), the general solution of the associated homogenous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=0.

Questions about complementary functions

What is complementary functions the plural of?
Complementary functions is the plural of complementary function.

Words near complementary functions in the dictionary

  1. complementary colours
  2. complementary distribution
  3. complementary distributions
  4. complementary DNA
  5. complementary function
  6. complementary functions
  7. complementary good
  8. complementary goods
  9. complementary medicine
  10. complementary medicines
  11. complementary nondeterministic polynomial

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