Smooth - in Mathematics

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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