Degree - in Mathematics

In Mathematics

  • Degree (mathematics), with several meanings
  • Degree of a polynomial, the exponent of the term with the highest exponent
  • Degree of a field extension
  • The degree of an algebraic number field, its degree as a field extension of the rational numbers
  • Degree (graph theory), or valency, the number of edges incident to a vertex of a graph
  • Degree of a continuous mapping
  • Degrees of freedom (statistics), the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary

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