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Approximation
Approximation Ap*prox`i*ma"tion n. [Cf. F. approximation, LL.
approximatio.]
1. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being
near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions
are but an approximation to the proper standard and
true symmetry of human nature. --I. Taylor.
2. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or
conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
3. (Math.)
(a) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as,
to solve an equation by approximation.
(b) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
Meaning of Approximation from wikipedia
- An
approximation is
anything that is
intentionally similar but not
exactly equal to
something else. The word
approximation is
derived from
Latin approximatus...
-
expansion used in the
approximation. The expressions: a zeroth-order
approximation, a first-order
approximation, a second-order
approximation, and so
forth are...
- mathematics, Stirling's
approximation (or Stirling's formula) is an
asymptotic approximation for factorials. It is a good
approximation,
leading to accurate...
- In
computer science and
operations research,
approximation algorithms are
efficient algorithms that find
approximate solutions to
optimization problems...
-
Rational approximation may
refer to:
Diophantine approximation, the
approximation of real
numbers by
rational numbers Padé
approximation, the
approximation of...
- A
minimax approximation algorithm (or L∞
approximation or
uniform approximation) is a
method to find an
approximation of a
mathematical function that...
- In
models of
radiative transfer, the two-stream
approximation is a
discrete ordinate approximation in
which radiation propagating along only two discrete...
- In the
mathematical theory of
artificial neural networks,
universal approximation theorems are
theorems of the
following form:
Given a
family of neural...
- In mathematics,
approximation theory is
concerned with how
functions can best be
approximated with
simpler functions, and with
quantitatively characterizing...
- The
approximation error in a
given data
value represents the
significant discrepancy that
arises when an exact, true
value is
compared against some approximation...
