- quadratic form
- noun Date: 1853 a homogeneous polynomial (as x2 + 5xy + y2) of the second degree
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Quadratic form — In mathematics, a quadratic form is a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables. For example, is a quadratic form in the variables x and y. Quadratic forms occupy a central place in various branches of mathematics, including… … Wikipedia
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quadratic form — noun : a homogeneous polynomial of the second degree x2 + 5xy + y2 is a quadratic form * * * Math. a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5x2 2xy + 3y2. [1855 60] … Useful english dictionary
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quadratic form — Math. a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5x2 2xy + 3y2. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
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Isotropic quadratic form — In mathematics, a quadratic form over a field F is said to be isotropic if there is a non zero vector on which it evaluates to zero. Otherwise the quadratic form is anisotropic. More precisely, if q is a quadratic form on a vector space V over F … Wikipedia
Definite quadratic form — In mathematics, a definite quadratic form is a real valued quadratic form over some vector space V that has the same sign (always positive or always negative) for every nonzero vector of V. The definite quadratic forms correspond in one to one… … Wikipedia
Hasse invariant of a quadratic form — In mathematics, the Hasse invariant (or Hasse Witt invariant) of a quadratic form Q over a field K takes values in the Brauer group Br( K ).The quadratic form Q may be taken as a diagonal form: Sigma; a i x i 2.Its invariant is then defined as… … Wikipedia
