linear combination
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linear combination (plural linear combinations)
(linear algebra) a sum, each of whose summands is an appropriate vector times an appropriate scalar (or ring element)
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Again, any state of the particle can be expressed as a linear combination of these two: : In vector form, you might write : depending on which basis you are using.
Conversely, (4) shows that any integer-valued polynomial is an integer linear combination of these binomial coefficient polynomials.
A fundamental theorem states that every spline function of a given degree, smoothness, and domain partition, can be uniquely represented as a linear combination of B-splines of that same degree and smoothness, and over that same partition.
Cramér's theorem implies that a linear combination of independent non-Gaussian variables will never have an exactly normal distribution, although it may approach it arbitrarily closely.
An integral domain is a Bézout domain if and only if any two elements in it have a gcd that is a linear combination of the two.
Every multivector of the geometric algebra can be expressed as a linear combination of the canonical basis elements.