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A moment sequence is a sequence {mu_n}_(n=0)^infty defined for n=0, 1, ... by mu_n=int_0^1t^ndalpha(t), where alpha(t) is a function of bounded variation in the interval ...

alpha^((m))=1/2gamma_1=(mu_3)/(2sigma^3), where gamma_1 is the skewness.

A surface given by the form z=F(x,y).

A Diophantine problem (i.e., one whose solution must be given in terms of integers) which seeks a solution to the following problem. Given n men and a pile of coconuts, each ...

Always increasing; never remaining constant or decreasing. Also called strictly increasing.

A sequence {a_n} such that either (1) a_(i+1)>=a_i for every i>=1, or (2) a_(i+1)<=a_i for every i>=1.

Topological lower bounds in terms of Betti numbers for the number of critical points form a smooth function on a smooth manifold.

A strong inequality in which a is not only less than b, but much less (by some convention) is denoted a<<b.

A basis, form, function, etc., in two or more variables is said to be multilinear if it is linear in each variable separately.

If one event can occur in m ways and a second can occur independently of the first in n ways, then the two events can occur in mn ways.