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(algebra, strict sense) A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; / (loose sense) a variable.

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indeterminate

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indeterminate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

Noun

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(algebra, strict sense) A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; / (loose sense) a variable.

Japanese Meaning

代数において、形式的に用いられる記号。変数やパラメーターに似ているが、特定の値を持たず、値の割り当てが行われないもの。 / 広義では、変数そのものを指す場合もある。

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When constructing the polynomial ring, we treat x as an indeterminate rather than a variable with a fixed value.

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多項式環を構成するとき、xは特定の値を持つ変数ではなく不定元として扱う。

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The form is linear, quadratic, cubic, biquadratic or quartic, quintic, &c., according to its order in respect of the indeterminates it contains; and binary, ternary, quaternary, &c., according to the number of its indeterminates. Thus x²+y² is a binary quadratic form, x³+y³+z³-3xyz is a ternary cubic form.

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Sense（2）

(loose sense) a variable.

indeterminates

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