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subhomogeneous

subhomogeneous adjective: scalable up to an inequality, fulfilling f(αx)≤αf(x).

Adjective

subhomogeneous (not comparable)

  1. Scalable up to an inequality, fulfilling f(αx)≤αf(x).
    • For example, the family zᵈ#43;t is subhomogeneous.2015, Patrick Ingram, “Canonical heights and preperiodic points for subhomogeneous families of polynomials”, in arXiv

Origin of subhomogeneous

From sub- + homogeneous.

Questions about subhomogeneous

What does subhomogeneous mean?
Subhomogeneous means scalable up to an inequality, fulfilling f(αx)≤αf(x).
What part of speech is subhomogeneous?
Subhomogeneous is an adjective.

Words near subhomogeneous in the dictionary

  1. subhirsute
  2. subhistories
  3. subhistory
  4. subholostean
  5. subholosteans
  6. subhomogeneous
  7. subhooked
  8. subhorizon
  9. subhorizons
  10. subhorizontal
  11. subhorizontally

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