(mathematics) A function used to predict a categorical dependent variable by one or more continuous or binary independent variables.

(mathematics) A function used to plot streamlines that represent the trajectories of particles in a steady flow.

plural of monotone function

(mathematics) a function used to calculate the distance between two points. / (topology) a metric.

(mathematics) A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients encode a sequence that can be studied by algebraic manipulation of the series; any one of several generalizations, such as to encode more than one sequence or use more than one indeterminate.

(mathematics) function of the complex variable s that analytically continues the sum of the infinite series ∑ₙ₌₁ ᪲1/(nˢ) that converges when the real part of s is greater than 1.

plural of zeta function

(systems theory) A function that controls the recording, processing, transmission, or interpretation of data.

(number theory) A function, denoted by ρ, used to estimate the proportion of smooth numbers up to a given bound.

plural of Schur function