In Mathematics
- Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology
- Smooth manifold, a differentiable manifold for which all the transitions maps are smooth functions
- Smooth algebraic variety, an algebraic variety without singular point
- Smooth number, a number whose prime factors are all less than a certain value; used in applications of number theory
- Smoothing, a statistical technique for handling data
- Smoothsort, a sorting algorithm
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