mathematical principle

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mathematical
adjective
uk
/ˌmæθ.əmˈæt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmæθˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofmathematicalandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, this approach conflicts with a very importantmathematicalprinciplewhich states that one cannot arbitrarily modify a time-frequency representation of a signal.
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That is hardly amathematicalprinciplewhich should be incorporated in our financial operations.
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One concern was to play casino games in accordance with a soundmathematicalprincipleand it believed its system to be absolutely infallible.
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What he said was that he had expressed his belief that to ride themathematicalprincipleto anything like a logical extremity was mistaken.
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The efforts which we have made in past years to secure the acceptance of amathematicalprinciplehave always landed us in difficulties.
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They will have shown to the possessor of property that a newmathematicalprincipleis in operation—that one and one will no longer make two, but one and a half.
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As invoked in everyday life, the law usually reflects bad statistics or wishful thinking rather than anymathematicalprinciple.
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They do not show mathematical formulae, but they refer to mathematical principles by name, with discussion of the significance, and ample references.
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And there are intermediate sciences which apply mathematical principles to natural things.
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First, all three methods are based on simple mathematical principles.
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But in this context we cannot conceal the fact that there are some doubts about the mathematical principles of the calculation of probability.
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Visual modelling of mathematical principles is common, and industrial use of visualisations (in, for example, the oil industry) is common in decisionmaking processes.
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Astronomy, he says, does considers motion, since it is a science intermediate between mathematics and physics, and it and other intermediate sciences apply purely mathematical principles to natural things.
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It seems unfortunate that people's entitlement, people's money, people's contributions should be wrapped up in a political stunt, and not in strictly correct mathematical principles.
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The mathematical principles governing interplanetary astrogation were first derived by mathematical physicists in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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There was one more movement, omitted by the composer according to his mathematical principles, which would be placed between the second and the third movement.
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A great number of self-working mentalism tricks rely on mathematical principles.
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Mathematics is an example of thinking in which thought itself forms the perceptions; no sense-perceptions are needed to form a basis for mathematical principles.
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He was one of the first engineers to apply mathematical principles to the problems of land drainage.
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