mathematical abstraction

collocation in English

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mathematical
adjective
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/ˌmæθ.əmˈæt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmæθˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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abstraction
noun[U or C]
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/æbˈstræk.ʃən/us
/æbˈstræk.ʃən/
the situation in which a subject is very general and not based on ...
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(Definition ofmathematicalandabstractionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A game is amathematicalabstractionfunctioning as an idealization of a social interaction.
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In particular, they can be viewed as amathematicalabstractionof the set of atomic positions of a physical quasicrystal (at zero temperature, or at a given instant of time).
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Span theory explains the magical numbers in terms of a unitary limited span ability, amathematicalabstractionfrom that ogive.
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He must know perfectly well that this is simply not true; it is a completemathematicalabstraction.
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Random oracles are amathematicalabstractionused in cryptographic proofs.
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In this sense it refers not to a physical board as such but to themathematicalabstractionof such a board.
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Although it is amathematicalabstractionrather than a programming language, it forms the basis of almost all functional programming languages today.
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In order to perform a rigorous study of computation, computer scientists work with amathematicalabstractionof computers called a model of computation.
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That purelymathematicalabstractionis sometimes referred to as "impulse sampling".
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It is often used as amathematicalabstractionthat simplifies the analysis of real electric circuits.
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It is the material source for themathematicalabstractionof a random variable.
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It is neither a geometric point nor amathematicalabstraction; it is extension, form and colour.
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Minimal vertex covers have been studied in statistical mechanics in connection with the hard-sphere lattice gas model, amathematicalabstractionof fluid-solid state transitions.
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As amathematicalabstractionor idealization, linear systems find important applications in automatic control theory, signal processing, and telecommunications.
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Actual displays do not generally have non-square pixels, though digital sensors might; they are rather amathematicalabstractionused in resampling images to convert between resolutions.
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These two provisos serve to emphasize that the descriptions created for designs are not mathematical abstractions.
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In contrast, theoretical physicists are content to use mathematical abstractions that have the rather serious problem that they utterly defy anyone's attempts to intuitively grasp them.
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Probability theory studies random variables and events, which are mathematical abstractions of non-deterministic events or measured quantities.
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Yet the computer contains phenomena not found in other media: namely, a conceptual space where symbolic content can be modified using mathematical abstractions.
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