Meanings
adjectivenondegenerate (not comparable)
alternative non-degenerate
- not comparablemathematicsNot degenerate.
In fanciful language, if our universe is nondegenerate, then so will be almost every world in it.
1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 595
nounnondegenerate (plural nondegenerates)
plural nondegenerates · alternative non-degenerate
- mathematicsAn instance or configuration that is not degenerate.
Origin
Translations
Finnish ei-degeneroitunut, ei-degeneratiivinen
- ei-degeneroitunutTranslations
- ei-degeneratiivinenTranslations
German nichtentartet
- nichtentartetTranslations
Polish nie mający wielu wektorów własnych
- nie mający wielu wektorów własnychTranslations
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