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characteristic function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
char-ac-ter-is-tic -func-tion
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set.

noun

A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable

Inflected Forms

characteristic functions (plural)

Phrases

subset classifier

Frequently Paired Words

subset classifier

Synonyms

indicator function characteristic curve

Questions

What does characteristic function mean?
A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set.

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