univariate
Speech parts
1. univariate - Noun
2. univariate - Adjective
Meaning
univariate (not comparable)
(mathematics) Having or involving a single variable
univariate (plural univariates)
(mathematics) A polynomial or function with only one variable
Examples
A random element h ∈ H is said to be normal if for any constant a ∈ H the scalar product (a, h) has a (univariate) normal distribution.
Extensions The notion of normal distribution, being one of the most important distributions in probability theory, has been extended far beyond the standard framework of the univariate (that is one-dimensional) case (Case 1).
Higher order partial derivatives Second and higher order partial derivatives are defined analogously to the higher order derivatives of univariate functions.
For example, : is a univariate algebraic (polynomial) equation with integer coefficients and : is a multivariate polynomial equation over the rational numbers.
More complex multivariate analyses are sometimes used when multiple characteristics are involved and a univariate analysis could produce confounded results.
First Course" Because the quadratic equation involves only one unknown, it is called " univariate ".