(mathematics) A formula expressing the sum of the pth powers of the first n positive integers as a (p + 1)th-degree polynomial function of n, the coefficients involving Bernoulli numbers.

(mathematics) A formula that expresses an analytic function f(A) of a matrix A as a polynomial in A, in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A.

(physics) A formula describing the mean energy loss per distance travelled of swift charged particles traversing matter (or alternatively the stopping power of the material).

plural of offering formula

a conventional Ancient Egyptian dedicatory text inscribed on funerary objects, beginning with the phrase ḥtp-ḏj or ḥtp-ḏj-nswt and indicating a funerary gift authorized by the king and provided by the funerary establishment of a local god

(chemistry) A simplified structural formula that does not show the individual atoms' relative position in space

(mathematics) Synonym of Stirling's approximation

plural of infant formula

(logic) In quantified modal logic, the formula ∀x□Fx→□∀xFx, meaning "if every x is necessarily F, then it is necessary that every x is F".

(logic) In quantified modal logic, the formula Diamond ∀xFx→∀x Diamond Fx, meaning "if possibly everything is F, then everything is possibly F".