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Record 1 2011-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Numerical Analysis (Mathematics)
DEF

A theorem which describes approximating polynomials for rather general functions and provides estimates for errors.

OBS

Taylor's theorem is also called Taylor's formula, and sometimes the extended or generalized mean value theorem, although the latter two are mostly used for the second mean-value theorem.

Key term(s)
  • second mean-value theorem

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse numérique (Mathématiques)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis numérico (Matemáticas)
DEF

[Teorema que se utiliza] para el desarrollo de muchos métodos numéricos. Permite aproximar una función por un polinomio y estimar el error de truncamiento.

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Record 2 2005-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

The dodecahedron is composed of twelve rhomb-shaped faces. Each face intersects two of the crystallographic axes equally and is parallel to the third.

OBS

The dodecahedron is sometimes called the rhombic dodecahedron to distinguish it from the pentagonal dodecahedron and the regular geometrical dodecahedron.

OBS

Plural: dodecahedra.

Key term(s)
  • dodecahedra
  • rhombic dodecahedra

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

D'autres formes holoédriques du système cubique sont le «dodécaèdre rhomboïdal», avec douze faces rhomboïdales perpendiculaires aux axes binaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Forma cristalina, consistente en un poliedro de doce caras, derivada del cubo, por truncamiento de las aristas de sus bases.

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