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4 days ago · A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.
1 day ago · In mathematics, a function from a set X to a set Y assigns to each element of X exactly one element of Y. [ 1 ] The set X is called the domain of the function [ 2 ] and the set Y is called the codomain of the function. [ 3 ] Functions were originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity.
5 days ago · Big O notation is a mathematical notation that describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity.
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3 days ago · algebra, branch of mathematics in which arithmetical operations and formal manipulations are applied to abstract symbols rather than specific numbers. The notion that there exists such a distinct subdiscipline of mathematics, as well as the term algebra to denote it, resulted from a slow historical development.
1 day ago · Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are countable or otherwise distinct and separable. Examples of structures that are discrete are combinations, graphs, and logical statements. Discrete structures can be finite or infinite.
2 days ago · Combinatorics is the mathematics of counting and arranging. Of course, most people know how to count, but combinatorics applies mathematical operations to count quantities that are much too large to be counted the conventional way. Combinatorics is especially useful in computer science.
