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

A statistical test in which assumptions are made about the underlying distribution of observed data.

A distribution with kurtosis excess gamma_2<0, and therefore having a flattened shape.

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

The words random and stochastic are synonymous.

The general type of homology which is what mathematicians generally mean when they say "homology." Singular homology is a more general version than Poincaré's original ...

The inverse function of the logarithm, defined such that log_b(antilog_bz)=z=antilog_b(log_bz). The antilogarithm in base b of z is therefore b^z.

The word "spectrum" confusingly has a number of unrelated meanings in various branches of mathematics.

A sum is the result of an addition. For example, adding 1, 2, 3, and 4 gives the sum 10, written 1+2+3+4=10. (1) The numbers being summed are called addends, or sometimes ...

A financial measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements which measures the relationship between a fund's excess return over Treasury Bills and the excess return of a ...