The conditional expectation of at time is , by independent Brownian increment. Itô's formula cancels its time derivative against its second spatial derivative and leaves the displayed stochastic integral. The integrand is bounded, so Itô isometry verifies its square integrability.
Twin plane 2026-10-31
A twin plane is a compatible planar interface between differently oriented crystal variants. In a piecewise homogeneous elastic deformation its reference normal is the in a rank-one connection between the two variant deformation gradients. Continuity of the deformation holds along this plane even though its derivative changes. Other material planes crossing the interface can kink after deformation.
Martensitic variant 2026-10-31
A martensitic variant is one of the lattice deformations corresponding to the low-temperature crystal phase. The parent crystal's discrete symmetries generate different variants. In a nonlinear elasticity model each representative supplies a hyperelastic energy well . A representative need not itself be a symmetric stretch tensor; multiplication by a proper rotation leaves the same well.
A function of the current state of a Markov chain can discard information needed to predict its next value. A sufficient condition preserving the Markov property is strong lumpability: all original states with the same recorded value must give the same transition probabilities to every recorded class.
For the two-column model in growth rate of two-column sticky deposition, the pair of column heights is Markov, but its maximum alone is not. Starting empty, the maximum-height histories and both end at height two. The former leaves unequal columns, so the next height increases with probability ; the latter leaves equal columns, so it increases with probability one. Each history has positive probability. Their different predictions at the same time and current value violate the Markov property. By contrast, the absolute height difference retains exactly the information needed for its own transitions.
A total function computed by a halting logspace transducer. Its output may be much longer than its work tapes. Logspace-computable functions compose using logspace composition by recomputation.
Integer logarithm 2026-10-31
For integers and , the integer logarithm is the largest nonnegative integer such that . Equivalently,
The equivalence follows from the monotonicity of exponentiation in its exponent and the definition of the floor function. For example, , so the base-three integer logarithm of is .
A multiplication loop maintains and accepts another factor while . Repeated squaring makes the search faster: precompute starting at , and consider these factors in decreasing . Include a factor when the accumulated product remains at most . If , the loop invariant before considering is . Accepting exactly when halves that uncertainty, proving the greedy algorithm returns . This takes arithmetic operations; it is not the same claim as this bound on bit complexity.
For positive operands in bounded integer arithmetic, test before multiplying by . Integer division makes this equivalent to while preventing integer overflow in a rejected candidate.
Log-logistic probability plot Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
For , plotting the logits of against sorted log observations gives an approximately straight line under the model. The probability integral transform makes a uniform order statistic with expectation , motivating these plotting positions. With those axes the slope is and the intercept is .
A bulb-volume change shifts the indicated temperature. Contraction raises the liquid column at a fixed temperature; expansion lowers it. Permanent and temporary changes require distinction when interpreting an ice-point check.[ref]
The norm of a linear-system residual, used to measure how closely an approximate solution satisfies its linear system. It differs from the solution-error norm . Their relationship depends on the matrix inverse and the condition number, so a small residual alone is not a scale-free relative-error guarantee.
At symmetric design points, the columns , and are mutually orthogonal. Their squared lengths give the diagonal entries of the normal-equation matrix and hence separate least-squares coefficient variances. At the seven integer points from minus three to three, these squared lengths are .
Fit a quadratic mean at three temperatures , with equal replication at the off-center temperatures and any positive replication at the center. The three parameters fit the three group means exactly, giving the displayed estimates. Independent Gaussian errors make these estimates jointly normal. Their covariance is , so they are independent. Equal off-center replication is essential to this cancellation.
Malus' law Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
An ideal linear polarizer transmits the fraction of incident linearly polarized light when its axis makes angle to the polarization. For a single photon, the corresponding conditional transmission probability is , by the Born rule; rejection has probability . The classical field calculation projects its electric-field amplitude onto the transmission direction and squares that amplitude to obtain intensity. This is a conditional probability given the incident polarization and is not automatically the joint probability of passing one analyzer and failing another.
Accretive operator 2026-10-31
An operator on a complex Hilbert space is accretive when the displayed inequality holds throughout its domain. Its negative is a dissipative operator. For a bounded everywhere-defined operator, expansion gives . Its adjoint operator satisfies the same accretivity condition. Consequently has closed range and trivial kernel, and its range is dense because its adjoint has trivial kernel. Thus is onto and . Boundedness and the full domain are material here; for unbounded operators accretivity alone need not imply surjectivity.
Linear interpolant 2026-10-31
A linear interpolant is the unique polynomial of polynomial degree at most one taking prescribed values at distinct interpolation nodes . It is an affine function, including the constant function case. For , its two displayed coefficients are nonnegative and sum to one, so changing each sampled value by at most changes every interpolated value by at most . Differentiation instead uses the difference of the two samples divided by , causing noise amplification by differentiation of a linear interpolant.
Q-linear convergence 2026-10-31
A sequence with errors converges Q-linearly in a specified norm if there is a constant with eventually. The limsup of consecutive nonzero error ratios is its asymptotic factor. This is stronger than merely having a bound , which is called R-linear convergence. The norm and whether an iteration is one coordinate step or an entire sweep must be specified when quoting a factor.
A progressively measurable real diffusion coefficient of absolute value one gives a continuous local martingale with quadratic variation . With zero initial value, Lévy characterization of Brownian motion makes the solution standard Brownian motion. This applies to every weak solution of . The Brownian law does not imply that the solution equals the given driver or establish strong existence for a discontinuous coefficient.

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