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  • 1Higher-order function — In mathematics and computer science, higher order functions or functionals are functions which do at least one of the following: *take one or more functions as an input *output a function.In mathematics these are also known as operators or… …

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  • 2Fold (higher-order function) — In functional programming, fold, also known variously as reduce, accumulate, compress or inject, is a family of higher order functions that process a data structure in some order and build up a return value. Typically, a fold deals with two… …

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  • 3Map (higher-order function) — In many programming languages, map is the name of a higher order function that applies a given function to each element of a list, returning a list of results. They are examples of both catamorphisms and anamorphisms. This is often called apply… …

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  • 4Filter (higher-order function) — In functional programming, filter is a higher order function that processes a data structure (typically a list) in some order to produce a new data structure containing exactly those elements of the original data structure for which a given… …

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  • 5Order (mathematics) — Contents 1 In algebra 2 In arithmetic 3 In analysis 4 …

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  • 6Order statistic — Probability distributions for the n = 5 order statistics of an exponential distribution with θ = 3 In statistics, the kth order statistic of a statistical sample is equal to its kth smallest value. Together with rank statistics, order statistics… …

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  • 7order — I. verb (ordered; ordering) Etymology: Middle English, from ordre, noun Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to put in order ; arrange 2. a. to give an order to ; command …

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  • 8Finite element method — The finite element method (FEM) (sometimes referred to as finite element analysis) is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations (PDE) as well as of integral equations. The solution approach is based …

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  • 9Order of Preachers —     Order of Preachers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers     As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …

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  • 10Higher education in Quebec — is an education system that is unique from other provinces in Canada. Instead of entering university or college directly from high school, Quebec students enter post secondary studies at the collegiate level into institutions called Collège… …

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