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FONCTION AFFINE [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

In calculus, geometry, and plotting contexts, the term "linear function" means a function whose graph is a straight line ... A linear function in one variable x therefore has the form f(x)=ax+b ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

Une fonction affine est une fonction [pouvant être exprimée] sous la forme f(x)=ax + b(ou y=ax + b), où a et b sont des constantes réelles et a [est différent] de 0.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematics
DEF

Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.

CONT

The most typically self-affine structures are diagonally self-affine. This means that they are invariant under a transformation whose invariant sets include any collection of straight lines parallel to the coordinate axes. A diagonal affine transformation is specified by giving a fixed point of coordinates and an array of reduction ratios.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Qui conserve invariantes, par des correspondances linéaires, les transformations dans le plan ou dans l’espace. Du latin affinis : voisin, apparent.

PHR

application, automorphisme, courbe, endomorphisme, ensemble, espace, fonction, forme, fractale, géométrie, groupe, hyperplan, isomorphisme, ligne, point, propriété, règle, repère, symétrie, transformation, variété linéaire affine.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Brain State in a Box. This model is a close relative of the simple linear associator. The state of the system is constrained to lie within the box and eventually, as processing continues, is pushed to one of the vertices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les neurones sont supposés analogiques et leur fonction de transfert s est affine par morceau selon le modèle d’Anderson "Brain State in a Box"("cerveau en boîte").

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
CONT

Dialect (proper) or Geographical Dialect: variety [of language] related to the geographical provenance of the performer: eg. "American English", "British English", "Scottish English", "Scots Dialect".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
DEF

Parler spécifique d’une région géographique.

CONT

Il a enfin dressé une liste de problèmes qui doivent retenir l'attention, comprenant l'étude des géolectes le tracé de la frontière entre créole et français, la sélection des items en fonction de leur stabilité, l'emploi plus affiné des techniques lexicologiques.

Spanish

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