mathematical background

collocation in English

meaningsofmathematicalandbackground

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mathematical
adjective
uk
/ˌmæθ.əmˈæt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmæθˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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background
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition ofmathematicalandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To fix ideas and put themathematicalbackgroundin place, we start with some formal definitions.
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This provides an accessible route into the subject for students and engineers lacking a strongmathematicalbackground, without compromising on rigour.
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The text teems with formulae from matrix algebra, statistics and calculus, and an undergrad without strongmathematicalbackgroundwill soon get lost.
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Four chapters have rather technical content, but the main ideas are mostly presented in a manner accessible to those without amathematicalbackground.
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Simple set relations and graph theories are used asmathematicalbackgroundto the method.
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The explanations of difficult concepts are admirably clear, and should be accessible to those without a strongmathematicalbackground.
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We then describe some of themathematicalbackgroundand give a more detailed motivation of our investigations.
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Researchers with a strongmathematicalbackgroundhave themselves made advances of importance in biology, although it has to be said that sometimes little more than polish has been provided.
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The aim of this paper is to fully summarize themathematicalbackgroundof the proposed method in details, and to give illustrative examples regarding its operation via numerical simulations.
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It was intended specifically for less technical users who did not have or want themathematicalbackgroundpreviously expected.
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Courses are also made available to those who do not have a scienctific ormathematicalbackground.
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His military engineering andmathematicalbackgroundled to his position teaching mathematics at court.
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The book begins with themathematicalbackgroundnecessary for an understanding of the rest of the work.
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Souttar applied hismathematicalbackgroundand his engineering skills to his surgery.
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While these were the first exams, candidates coming from a lessmathematicalbackgroundoften find these more difficult than the later ones due to the mathematical theory content.
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The authors have succeeded in presenting complex measurement concepts and procedures that are accessible to those with limited mathematical backgrounds.
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