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COINDICATOR [1 record]

Record 1 1989-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Given a set S, the indicator function J(x) is classically defined as being such that J(x)=1 when x S, and J(x)=0 when X S. When S is a Cantor set, a Sierpinski lattice (gasket or carpet), a fractal net, or any one of several other classes of fractals, J(x) is inconvenient. I often find it more convenient to replace J(x) by a different function C(x), which I introduced and now propose to call coindicator.

OBS

Neologism created in 1983 by the author of this text.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
OBS

Néologisme proposé par analogie à "indicateur", "connecteur", "opérateur".

Spanish

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