n-tuple
Noun
Meaning
n-tuple (plural n-tuples)
(mathematics) A tuple containing n terms.
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Examples
According to Nash, "an equilibrium point is an n-tuple such that each player's mixed strategy maximizes his payoff if the strategies of the others are held fixed.
The second definition makes use of an idiom that is common in mathematics, stipulating that "such and such is an n-tuple" in order to ensure that such and such a mathematical object is determined by the specification of n component mathematical objects.