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adj
of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
for scriptstyle λ>0 under the assumption that scriptstyle f: R→ R is continuous, positive, monotone. For this reason such problems were named positone... If the nonlinearity scriptstyle f: R→ R is continuous, monotone and scriptstyle f(0)<0,...then the eigenvalue problem is called semipositone...
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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History
Blend of positive + monotone.
