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semipositone

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

an eigenvalue problem that would be a positone eigenvalue problem except that the nonlinear function is not positive when its argument is zero.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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adj

Meaning 2

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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Etymology

From semi- + positone.