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characteristic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
characteristic is a
distinguishing feature of a
person or thing. It may
refer to:
Characteristic...
- In mathematics, the term "
characteristic function" can
refer to any of
several distinct concepts: The
indicator function of a subset, that is the function...
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Characteristic equation may
refer to:
Characteristic equation (calculus), used to
solve linear differential equations Characteristic equation, the equation...
- In mathematics, the
characteristic of a ring R,
often denoted char(R), is
defined to be the
smallest positive number of
copies of the ring's multiplicative...
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topology and
polyhedral combinatorics, the
Euler characteristic (or
Euler number, or Euler–Poincaré
characteristic) is a
topological invariant, a
number that...
- In physics, a
characteristic length is an
important dimension that
defines the
scale of a
physical system. Often, such a
length is used as an
input to...
- In
linear algebra, the
characteristic polynomial of a
square matrix is a
polynomial which is
invariant under matrix similarity and has the eigenvalues...
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particularly in the area of
abstract algebra known as
group theory, a
characteristic subgroup is a
subgroup that is
mapped to
itself by
every automorphism...
- A
characteristic property is a
chemical or
physical property that
helps identify and
classify substances. The
characteristic properties of a substance...
- A
receiver operating characteristic curve, or ROC curve, is a
graphical plot that
illustrates the
performance of a
binary classifier model (can be used...