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Type of 'multipliers' used to find extrema of a function, or a functional (T-V) used to calculate action for a physical system
Type of path in graph theory that visits each vertex exactly once, or an energy function/operator in physics
Type of path in a graph that visits each edge exactly once
Describes a matrix that is self-adjoint (i.e. equal to its conjugate transpose). Or a matrix with real eigenvalues.
Describes a group whose elements are commutative
Matrix of all first order partial derivatives of a vector-valued function
This determinant, defined for a set of functions, will vanish if they are linearly dependent
Another term for the normal distribution
The divergence of the gradient of a function (∇·∇Φ).
The rectangular coordinate system is also known as the _____ coordinate system.
The value separating the greater and lower half of values in a distribution
The measure of an angle that subtends a length of arc equal to the radius of the circle it belongs to
A unit of solid angle that subtends an area of r2 on a sphere of radius r
Type of manifold with a metric tensor defining the shortest geodesic connecting any two points
Type of inference that updates a prior probability distribution in light of new evidence
Matrix of all second-order partial derivatives of a scalar-valued function
The analogue of a Laplacian in Minkowski space ⧠2 f=∇2 f-(1/c2 )(∂2 f/∂t2 )
Unit of angle measure equal to 1/400 of a circle
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