.: Glossary :.
Circumference
of center A and radius r is the loci of points whose distance from A is given by r.
The point A is the center of the circumference.
Colinear
any 3 points A, B and C are colinear, if and only if, there exists an straight line
that contain all 3 points.
Conjecture
is a supposed valid mathematical result, for wich a demonstration is still unknown
See
theorem and
demonstration.
Convex
a set A is convex if and only if,
for any (a1,a2,l) in A x A x [0,1], l a1 + (1-l) a2
is also an element of A.
This means that the segment with ending points in any element of A lies entirely in the set A.
Cord of circumference
definida pelos pontos
A e
B é um sub-conjunto contíguo (
curva) da
circunferência delimitado por ambos os pontos.
Note que deste modo, estão definidas duas cordas.
Isometry
is a transformation (function) that preserves distances (in metric spaces).
Threrefore, if f:D -> I is an isometry, then any pair a and b in the domain D,
||a-b|| = ||f(a)-f(b)||, where ||x-y|| is the distance between x and y.
This means that , ambos no domínio D
Midpoint
P is the midpoint of AB, then P is in AB and ||P-A||=||P-B||.
Therefore, the midpoint of A and B, is the point P in the segment AB, whose distance of to both ends
is equals.
Perpendicular bisector
m of the points
A and
B is the straight line passing by the
midpoint, orthogonal
to the segment
AB. Note that this is equivalente to the following definition:
m is the loci of points whose distances from
A and
B is equals, ie,
m := { P: ||P-A||=||P-B||}.
Recursive (or recurrent) function
a function is called
recursive or
recurrent when in its definition
there exists an invocation to itself.
The most famous recursive function is the
factorial function:
| fat: IN -> IN |
| fat(n) := { 1, if n=0; n * fat(n-1), if n>0 }. |
The recurence in the factorial function is characterized by the invocation of itself (as in the case of recursive
script)
in the "right side" of its definition (in the above example, the recurence is defined by the invocation
fat(n-1),
as highlighted with the underline).