characteristic

  • 51characteristic mood — index character (personal quality), disposition (inclination) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 52characteristic part — index epitome Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 53characteristic quality — index particularity, spirit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 54characteristic way — index custom Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 55Characteristic function (probability theory) — The characteristic function of a uniform U(–1,1) random variable. This function is real valued because it corresponds to a random variable that is symmetric around the origin; however in general case characteristic functions may be complex valued …

    Wikipedia

  • 56Characteristic polynomial — This article is about the characteristic polynomial of a matrix. For the characteristic polynomial of a matroid, see Matroid. For that of a graded poset, see Graded poset. In linear algebra, one associates a polynomial to every square matrix: its …

    Wikipedia

  • 57Characteristic subgroup — In mathematics, particularly in the area of abstract algebra known as group theory, a characteristic subgroup is a subgroup that is invariant under all automorphisms of the parent group.[1][2] Because conjugation is an automorphism, every… …

    Wikipedia

  • 58Characteristic class — In mathematics, a characteristic class is a way of associating to each principal bundle on a topological space X a cohomology class of X. The cohomology class measures the extent to which the bundle is twisted particularly, whether it possesses… …

    Wikipedia

  • 59Characteristic (algebra) — In mathematics, the characteristic of a ring R, often denoted char(R), is defined to be the smallest number of times one must use the ring s multiplicative identity element (1) in a sum to get the additive identity element (0); the ring is said… …

    Wikipedia

  • 60Characteristic set — The mathematical concept of a characteristic set was discovered in the late forties by J.F. Ritt. Besides Gröbner basis method, it provides an alternative algorithmic way for solving multivariate polynomial equations or differential equations.In… …

    Wikipedia