plural of secondary sex characteristic

(linear algebra) The polynomial produced from a given square matrix by first subtracting the appropriate identity matrix multiplied by an indeterminant and then calculating the determinant.

plural of characteristic polynomial

(topology, of a topological space) The sum of even-dimensional Betti numbers minus the sum of odd-dimensional ones.

(mathematical analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set.

(usually in the plural) An aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with, researcher expectations, thereby confounding the experimental results.

plural of characteristic function

plural of characteristic root

(linear algebra) An eigenvalue.

(linear algebra) an eigenvector