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A Monge patch is a patch x:U->R^3 of the form x(u,v)=(u,v,h(u,v)), (1) where U is an open set in R^2 and h:U->R is a differentiable function. The coefficients of the first ...

A shuffle in which cards from the top of the deck in the left hand are alternatively moved to the bottom and top of the deck in the right hand. If the deck is shuffled m ...

A technically defined group characterizing a system of linear differential equations y_j^'=sum_(k=1)^na_(jk)(x)y_k for j=1, ..., n, where a_(jk) are complex analytic ...

A tiling in which all tiles are congruent.

A well ordered set of monomials which also satisfies the condition "u<v implies uw<vw" for all monomials u, v, and w. Examples of monomial orders are the lexicographic order ...

The unique 1-polyomino, consisting of a single square.

A morphism f:Y->X in a category is a monomorphism if, for any two morphisms u,v:Z->Y, fu=fv implies that u=v. In the categories of sets, groups, modules, etc., a monomorphism ...

Another word for monotonic.

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

Monster-barring is a term coined by Lakatos (1976) to refer to the refining of a hypothesis to rule out nasty counterexamples (Bailey et al. 2007, p. 11).