Concepts
A mathematical idea. It can have more than one definition.
- Concepts 7386
- Definitions 7188
- Statements 3950
- Conjectures 117
- Problems 256
- Examples 672
- Counterexamples 88
- Objects 168
- Proofs 11
- Computations 1
- Topics 1
Ideas 5551–5700 of 7386.
| Name | Kind | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling without slipping | Concept | Mechanics of particles and systems |
| Real algebraic geometry | Concept | Algebraic geometry |
| Fredholm determinant | Concept | Integral equations |
| Bulk modulus | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Hankel matrix | Concept | Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory |
| Calculus of variations | Concept | Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization |
| Zero-order hold | Concept | Systems theory; control |
| Sheaf cohomology | Concept | Algebraic geometry |
| Symplectic vector space | Concept | Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory |
| Kullback–Leibler divergence | Concept | Information and communication theory, circuits |
| Natural boundary | Concept | Functions of a complex variable |
| Infinitary logic | Concept | Mathematical logic and foundations |
| Measure | Concept | Measure and integration |
| Cutting-plane method | Concept | Operations research, mathematical programming |
| Left regular representation | Concept | Topological groups, Lie groups |
| Riesz measure of a subharmonic function | Concept | Potential theory |
| Stochastic partial differential equation | Concept | Probability theory and stochastic processes |
| Seiberg–Witten invariants | Concept | Manifolds and cell complexes |
| Eta invariant | Concept | Global analysis, analysis on manifolds |
| Euler–Lagrange equation | Concept | Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization |
| Vector measure | Concept | Measure and integration |
| Noncommutative geometry | Concept | Global analysis, analysis on manifolds |
| Lie algebroid | Concept | Differential geometry |
| Slip-line field theory | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Operations research | Concept | Operations research, mathematical programming |
| Von Neumann algebra | Concept | Functional analysis |
| Amoeba | Concept | Algebraic geometry |
| Greedy algorithm | Concept | Computer science |
| Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula | Concept | Numerical analysis |
| BPP | Concept | Computer science |
| Clone | Concept | General algebraic systems |
| Nonholonomic system | Concept | Mechanics of particles and systems |
| Premeasure | Concept | Measure and integration |
| Sublattice | Concept | Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures |
| Transport equation | Concept | Partial differential equations |
| Quasistatic process | Concept | Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer |
| Faber polynomials | Concept | Functions of a complex variable |
| Weak ordering | Concept | Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures |
| Conditional mutual information | Concept | Information and communication theory, circuits |
| Unknotting number | Concept | Manifolds and cell complexes |
| Life table | Concept | Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences |
| Hodge Laplacian | Concept | Global analysis, analysis on manifolds |
| Perfect closure | Concept | Field theory and polynomials |
| Similarity solution for the heat equation | Concept | Partial differential equations |
| Matroid | Concept | Combinatorics |
| Pivotal quantity | Concept | Statistics |
| Monoidal functor | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Reciprocal gamma function | Concept | Special functions |
| Adiabatic invariant | Concept | Mechanics of particles and systems |
| Semiring of sets | Concept | Measure and integration |
| Hopcroft–Karp algorithm | Concept | Combinatorics |
| Linear programming relaxation | Concept | Operations research, mathematical programming |
| Finitely complete category | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Spinor bundle | Concept | Differential geometry |
| Projective algebra | Concept | General algebraic systems |
| Sporadic group | Concept | Group theory and generalizations |
| Vortex lattice method | Concept | Fluid mechanics |
| Systolic geometry | Concept | Differential geometry |
| Globally hyperbolic spacetime | Concept | Differential geometry |
| Locally presentable category | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Focal mechanism | Concept | Geophysics |
| Isomorphism | Concept | General algebraic systems |
| Geometrothermodynamics | Concept | Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer |
| Bond percolation | Concept | Statistical mechanics, structure of matter |
| Dieudonné determinant | Concept | K-theory |
| Inertial frame of reference | Concept | Mechanics of particles and systems |
| Pullback | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Hertz vector | Concept | Optics, electromagnetic theory |
| Linear congruential generator | Concept | Numerical analysis |
| Planar ternary ring | Concept | Geometry |
| Discrete geometry | Concept | Convex and discrete geometry |
| Complemented subspace | Concept | Functional analysis |
| Semiclassical gravity | Concept | Relativity and gravitational theory |
| Intuitionistic logic | Concept | Mathematical logic and foundations |
| Energy functional on paths | Concept | Global analysis, analysis on manifolds |
| K0 of a ring | Concept | K-theory |
| Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensors | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Information-based complexity | Concept | Numerical analysis |
| Category theory | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Hausdorff measure | Concept | Measure and integration |
| Khinchin integral | Concept | Real functions |
| Asymptotic analysis | Concept | Approximations and expansions |
| Legendrian submanifold | Concept | Differential geometry |
| Domain theory | Concept | Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures |
| Configuration | Concept | Combinatorics |
| Perceptron | Concept | Computer science |
| Unary operation | Concept | General algebraic systems |
| Periodic sequence | Concept | Difference and functional equations |
| Graphical model | Concept | Statistics |
| Vandermonde matrix | Concept | Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory |
| Quadric | Concept | Geometry |
| K3 surface | Concept | Algebraic geometry |
| Type theory | Concept | Mathematical logic and foundations |
| Maxwell equal-area construction | Concept | Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer |
| Constitutive equation | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Complex potential | Concept | Fluid mechanics |
| Dehn function | Concept | Group theory and generalizations |
| Wannier function | Concept | Statistical mechanics, structure of matter |
| Context-free language | Concept | Computer science |
| H-cone | Concept | Potential theory |
| Mohr–Coulomb theory | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Zonal spherical harmonics | Concept | Special functions |
| Diversity index | Concept | Biology and other natural sciences |
| Method of steepest descent | Concept | Approximations and expansions |
| Galois connection | Concept | Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures |
| Direct limit of rings | Concept | Associative rings and algebras |
| Riemannian metric | Concept | Differential geometry |
| Arbitrage | Concept | Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences |
| Pushout | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Belief propagation decoding | Concept | Information and communication theory, circuits |
| Polygon triangulation | Concept | Computer science |
| Young tableau | Concept | Combinatorics |
| Hermitian metric on a vector bundle | Concept | Several complex variables and analytic spaces |
| Bending moment | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Compactification | Concept | General topology |
| Large deviations theory | Concept | Probability theory and stochastic processes |
| Completeness in order theory | Concept | Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures |
| Polynomial greatest common divisor | Concept | Commutative algebra |
| Substitution matrix | Concept | Biology and other natural sciences |
| Biorthogonal wavelet | Concept | Harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces |
| Suspension | Concept | Algebraic topology |
| Feigenbaum–Cvitanović functional equation | Concept | Dynamical systems and ergodic theory |
| Inductive type | Concept | Mathematical logic and foundations |
| Minimal model program | Concept | Algebraic geometry |
| Acceleration | Concept | Mechanics of particles and systems |
| Bloch–Wigner function | Concept | Special functions |
| Cosmological principle | Concept | Relativity and gravitational theory |
| Eshelby energy-momentum tensor | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Strong amalgamation property | Concept | General algebraic systems |
| Quicksort | Concept | Computer science |
| Germ of an analytic set | Concept | Several complex variables and analytic spaces |
| Bialgebra | Concept | Associative rings and algebras |
| BCM theory | Concept | Biology and other natural sciences |
| Perfectoid space | Concept | Algebraic geometry |
| Spectral risk measure | Concept | Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences |
| Holomorphic line bundle | Concept | Several complex variables and analytic spaces |
| Primitive equations | Concept | Geophysics |
| Congruence-modular variety | Concept | General algebraic systems |
| Elastic metamaterial | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Lusternik–Schnirelmann theory of critical points | Concept | Global analysis, analysis on manifolds |
| Weierstrass zeta and sigma functions | Concept | Special functions |
| Mixed volume | Concept | Convex and discrete geometry |
| Krylov subspace | Concept | Numerical analysis |
| Fictitious play | Concept | Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences |
| Free object | Concept | Category theory; homological algebra |
| Equatorial coordinate system | Concept | Astronomy and astrophysics |
| Siciak extremal function | Concept | Several complex variables and analytic spaces |
| HOMFLY polynomial | Concept | Manifolds and cell complexes |
| Lamb waves | Concept | Mechanics of deformable solids |
| Lindenbaum–Tarski algebra | Concept | Mathematical logic and foundations |