- In mathematics, the term
linear function refers to two
distinct but
related notions: In
calculus and
related areas, a
linear function is a
function whose...
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approximated by
linear equations. This
article considers the case of a
single equation with
coefficients from the
field of real
numbers, for
which one...
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calculus and
related areas of mathematics, a
linear function from the real
numbers to the real
numbers is a
function whose graph (in
Cartesian coordinates)...
- For example, the
general linear group over R (the set of real
numbers) is the
group of n×n
invertible matrices of real
numbers, and is
denoted by GLn(R)...
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convention that the
result of the
linear combination is the zero
vector in V. Let the
field K be the set R of real
numbers, and let the
vector space V be...
- of
scalars (often, the real
numbers or the
complex numbers). If V is a
vector space over a
field k, the set of all
linear functionals from V to k is itself...
- In mathematics, a
system of
linear equations (or
linear system) is a
collection of two or more
linear equations involving the same variables. For example...
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given factor. The
triangular numbers for n = 1, 2, 3, ... are the
result of the
juxtaposition of the
linear numbers (
linear gnomons) for n = 1, 2, 3, ....
- (also
called a
linear space) is a set
whose elements,
often called vectors, can be
added together and
multiplied ("scaled") by
numbers called scalars...
- In mathematics, a
linear differential equation is a
differential equation that is
defined by a
linear polynomial in the
unknown function and its derivatives...