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noun
A binary function, written as δ with two subscripts, which evaluates to 1 when its arguments are equal, and 0 otherwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A unary function, written as δ with a single index, which evaluates to 1 at zero, and 0 elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
a function of two variables i and j that equals 1 when i=j and equals 0 otherwise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
History
Named after German mathematician Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891)
Across languages
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