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characteristic function en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. 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.
  2. A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable

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Hypernyms

function

Hyponyms

point characteristic function

Relateds

subset classifier

Synonyms

indicator function (function equal to 1 on elements of a given set)

Translations (2)

bg характеристична функция (a complex function completely defining a probability distribution) · fi karakteristinen funktio (a complex function completely defining a probability distribution)