coefficients
Numbers before variables
Coefficients is the plural of coefficient, a number or symbol multiplied by a variable in a mathematical expression.
In 3x + 2y, the coefficients are 3 and 2.
More broadly, a coefficient is any numerical factor that measures a property or relationship: The coefficient of friction determines how easily surfaces slide against each other.
Scientists use various coefficients to quantify correlations, expansions, and rates.
Unchanging fixed values
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- parametersDefined boundaries or constraints
- factorsContributors to a result
- termsConditions of an agreement
expressions · binomials · polynomials · quadratic · cubic · degree · roots · factoring
Values that scale others
- weightsHeavy objects for lifting
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
ratios · dimensionless · amplitude · magnitude · intensity · weighting · index
Ordered numerical arrangement
- determinantMatrix-derived scalar quantity
- inverseOpposite in position
- eigenvaluesTransformation scaling constants
- eigenvectorsVectors scaled by matrices
Gaussian elimination · homogeneous · nonhomogeneous · pivot · rank · orthogonality · diagonalization · nullity
Volume increase from warming
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- dragResistance through fluid
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
viscosity · diffusion · absorption · reflection · transmission · attenuation · damping · coupling
Return to former state
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
unstandardized · Pearson · reliability · validity · path · structural · loading · factor
Answers to problems
- differentialRelative difference between things
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- partialFavoring one side
boundary conditions · initial conditions · recurrence · characteristic · homogeneous · nonhomogeneous
constants
Unchanging fixed values
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- parametersDefined boundaries or constraints
- factorsContributors to a result
terms · expressions · binomials · polynomials · quadratic · cubic · degree · roots · factoring · expansion
multipliers
Values that scale others
- weightsHeavy objects for lifting
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
proportionality · ratios · dimensionless · amplitude · magnitude · intensity · weighting · index
matrix
Ordered numerical arrangement
- determinantMatrix-derived scalar quantity
- inverseOpposite in position
- eigenvaluesTransformation scaling constants
eigenvectors · Gaussian elimination · homogeneous · nonhomogeneous · pivot · rank · orthogonality · diagonalization · nullity · basis
thermal expansion
Volume increase from warming
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- dragResistance through fluid
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
restitution · viscosity · diffusion · absorption · reflection · transmission · attenuation · damping · coupling · heat transfer
regression
Return to former state
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
standardized · unstandardized · Pearson · reliability · validity · path · structural · loading · factor
solutions
Answers to problems
- differentialRelative difference between things
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
partial · boundary conditions · initial conditions · recurrence · characteristic · homogeneous · nonhomogeneous
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- Chebyshev polynomialsrecurrence relation, orthogonality, zeros, extrema
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- mathematicsalgebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, number
- math conceptsangle, numbers, algebra, circle, equations
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, operand
coefficientsvariables
Changeable elements in equations
unknowns · parameters · arguments · operands · exponents
coefficientsvariables
Changeable elements in equations
unknowns · dependent variables · independent variables · random variables
- binomial coefficientFormula for counting selections
- activity coefficientNon-ideal concentration multiplier
- drag coefficientMeasure of aerodynamic resistance
- correlation coefficientMeasure of variable association