mathematical property
mathematical concept
commutative property
property of binary operations, for which changing the order of the operands does not change the result
measure
function assigning numbers to some subsets of a set, which could be seen as a generalization of length, area, volume and integral
parity
property of being an odd or even number
approximation property
mathematical concept
divergence
lack of convergence of a series or integral
hereditary property
in mathematics, a property of objects inherited by all their subobjects
binomial type
type of polynomial sequence
semi-infinite
Mathematics jargon
associativity
property of binary operations allowing sequences of operations to be regrouped without changing their value
incentive compatibility
concept in game theory
identity properties
additive identity property and multiplicative identity property
orthogonality
two vectors are said to be orthogonal if their scalar product is zero
dimension
maximum number of independent directions within a mathematical space
generic property
formal definition of a property shared by almost all objects of a specific type
l-diversity
process for anonymizing data
geometric continuity
smoothness criterion for two touching curves
nonlinearity
property of a mathematical relationship that cannot be represented by a straight line
monotonicity
mathematical property
superposition principle
fundamental physics principle stating that physical solutions of linear systems are linear
covariance under translations
property of some solution concepts of bargaining games
completeness
fundamental concept in metalogic, and the term may be used without qualification with differing meanings depending on the context within mathematical logic
intransitivity
property of binary endorelations
distributive property
property involving two mathematical operations
linearity
property of mathematical operator
fixed-point property
mathematical property
uniform absolute-convergence
type of convergence for series of functions in mathematics
variation diminishing property
mathematical property
symmetry
property of binary relations
strict
mathematical property excluding equality
zero-product property
mathematical property shared by many number systems, that a product cannot be zero unless one of its factors is zero
closure
mathematical property of an operation
uncorrelatedness
in probability theory
k-anonymity
property of a dataset in which the information for each individual in the dataset can’t be distinguished from at least k−1 individuals whose information also appear in the release
cone condition
condition on subsets of a Euclidean space
convergence
mathematical concept
consistency
in logic, property of a theory that does not contain a contradiction
power associativity
property of a binary operation
uniform property
object of study in the category of uniform topological spaces
cancellation property
set of related mathematical properties
contiguity
theoretical concept in probability theory
rigidity
type of property of a collection of mathematical objects which are uniquely determined by less information than one would expect
inverse proportionality
relationship between two variables of the form y=c/x
trichotomy law
law (every real number is either positive, negative, or zero)