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Dirichlet character

Dirichlet character noun: a complex-valued arithmetic function χ:ℤ→ℂ that satisfies the following conditions for some positive integer m and all integers a and b.

Noun

Dirichlet character (plural Dirichlet characters)

  1. A complex-valued arithmetic function χ:ℤ→ℂ that satisfies the following conditions for some positive integer m and all integers a and b
    • 1) χ(ab)=χ(a)χ(b);
    • 2)
  2. 3) χ(a+m)=χ(a).

Forms of Dirichlet character

pluralDirichlet characters

Questions about Dirichlet character

What does Dirichlet character mean?
Dirichlet character means a complex-valued arithmetic function χ:ℤ→ℂ that satisfies the following conditions for some positive integer m and all integers a and b.
What part of speech is Dirichlet character?
Dirichlet character is a noun.
What is the plural of Dirichlet character?
The plural of Dirichlet character is Dirichlet characters.

Words near Dirichlet character in the dictionary

  1. dirhombicosidodecahedron
  2. dirhombicosidodecahedrons
  3. diribonucleotide
  4. diribonucleotides
  5. Dirichlet
  6. Dirichlet character
  7. Dirichlet characters
  8. Dirichlet distribution
  9. Dirichlet distributions
  10. Dirichlet energies
  11. Dirichlet energy

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