(mathematics, computing theory) The mathematical function that maps each positive integer n to the number of steps required for the busy beaver among machines with two colors and n states to terminate.

(medicine, virology) Medical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range.

plural of iterated function system

(complex analysis) A complex function defined as E_𝛼,𝛽(z)=∑ₖ₌₀ ᪲(zᵏ)/(𝛤(𝛼k+𝛽)), where 𝛤(x) is the gamma function.

plural of partial function application

(computer science) Alternative form of partial application

(physics) A separable wavefunction times e^(iEt/ hbar), which is thus a function of only space and not time.

(aerodynamics) A function describing the angle through which a flow can turn isentropically for the given initial and final Mach number.

(mathematics, mathematical analysis) The alternating sum of the Dirichlet series expansion of the Riemann zeta function: 𝜂(s)=∑ₙ₌₁ ᪲(-1)ⁿ⁻¹/nˢ=1/(1ˢ)-1/(2ˢ)+1/(3ˢ)-1/(4ˢ)+⋯.

plural of trivial functional dependency