Arbitrary constants
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Arbitrary constants
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Variants
- Arbitrary parameters
- Constants, Arbitrary
- Parameters, Arbitrary
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Sherman, W.L. Zero-density cosmological models and their applicability to the observed universe, 1965: p. 1 (A review of relativistic models of the universe and materials relating to the cosmical constant showed that this term is a constant of integration and should be retained as a necessary term in the field equations of general relativity)
- found: Webster's revised unabridged dictionary, 1996 (arbitrary constant -- an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables)
- found: Web. 3 (arbitrary constant -- a symbol to which various values may be assigned but which remains unaffected by the changes in the values of the variables of the equation)
- found: The International dictionary of applied mathematics, 1960 (An arbitrary constant or parameter is one which has only one particular value in a given case, but may have another value in another case)
- found: James, R.C. Mathematics dictionary, 1992 (arbitrary constant -- A symbol that stands for an unspecified constant)
- notfound: MathWorld WWW site, Dec. 28, 2005
Change Notes
- 2006-01-05: new
- 2006-03-30: revised
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