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IRREGULAR CURVE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

a curved piece of flat material (as wood, ebonite, celluloid) often in the form of a scroll and used as an aid in drawing noncircular curves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
DEF

instrument de dessin formé de courbes irrégulières de formes variées, pour le tracé des courbes algébriques ou transcendantes, ou des courbes de raccordement

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A non Euclidean curve, such as the Kock curve which exhibits a combination of complexity and simplicity.

OBS

See also pathological curve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Courbe telle les courbes par séries trigonométriques, les courbes de von Koch-Mandelbrot, et les courbes hyperboliques.

OBS

Voir aussi courbe pathologique, nombre mathématique.

Spanish

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