(mathematics) A function to be maximized or minimized in optimization theory.

(biochemistry, genetics) A genomics branch that measures expression levels of RNAs and proteins to understand biological functions of a set of genes in cells.

(game theory) A mathematical function that assigns a real number to every element of the outcome space in a way that captures the agent's preferences over both simple and compound lotteries.

(game theory) A mathematical function describing the award given to a single player at the outcome of a game.

plural of restricted function

(mathematics) A function which, when applied a given number of times, equals another given function.

(algebra, logic, computing) Any function based on the operations AND, OR and NOT, and whose elements are from the domain of Boolean algebra

(mathematics) A transformation of the complex plane associated with fluid flow / (physics) The equation used to express Helmholtz free energy

(mathematics) Any function (polynomial) whose greatest exponent is 3.

(mathematics) The branch of mathematics dealing with infinite-dimensional vector spaces, whose elements are actually functions, as well as generalizations such as Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces.