Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boolean derivative

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: boolean deriva-tive
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

With respect to a Boolean variable x_i: The XOR-sum of the positive and negative Shannon cofactors of the given derived function with respect to x_i. In symbols: ∂f/∂x_i(⃑x)=f_x_i(⃑x)⊕f_̄x_i(⃑x).

Etymology

Named after George Boole (1815–1864), an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician.

Inflected Forms

Boolean derivatives (plural)

Questions

What does boolean derivative mean?: With respect to a Boolean variable x_i: The XOR-sum of the positive and negative Shannon cofactors of the given derived function with respect to x_i. In symbols: ∂f/∂x_i(⃑x)=f_x_i(⃑x)⊕f_̄x_i(⃑x).
Where does boolean derivative come from?: Named after George Boole (1815–1864), an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician.

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