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  • Multivariable calculus (also known as multivariate calculus) is the extension of calculus in one variable to calculus with functions of several variables:...
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  • False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner...
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  • The decomposition of time series is a statistical task that deconstructs a time series into several components, each representing one of the underlying...
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    In mathematics, reflection symmetry, line symmetry, mirror symmetry, or mirror-image symmetry is symmetry with respect to a reflection. That is, a figure...
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  • The David P. Robbins Prize for papers reporting novel research in algebra, combinatorics, or discrete mathematics is awarded both by the American Mathematical...
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  • Database encryption can generally be defined as a process that uses an algorithm to transform data stored in a database into "cipher text" that is incomprehensible...
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  • The pill jar puzzle is a probability puzzle, which asks the expected value of the number of half-pills remaining when the last whole pill is popped from...
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