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The portion of the probability distribution which has a P-value equal to the observed P-value.

j_n(z)=(z^n)/(2^(n+1)n!)int_0^picos(zcostheta)sin^(2n+1)thetadtheta, where j_n(z) is a spherical Bessel function of the first kind.

A smooth manifold with a Poisson bracket defined on its function space.

The word "pole" is used prominently in a number of very different branches of mathematics. Perhaps the most important and widespread usage is to denote a singularity of a ...

A polygon can be defined (as illustrated above) as a geometric object "consisting of a number of points (called vertices) and an equal number of line segments (called sides), ...

An equation of the form P(x)=0, where P(x) is a polynomial.

A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.

If a polynomial P(x) is divided by (x-r), then the remainder is a constant given by P(r).

The ring R[x] of polynomials in a variable x.

A sequence of polynomials p_i(x), for i=0, 1, 2, ..., where p_i(x) is exactly of degree i for all i.