Derivative — This article is an overview of the term as used in calculus. For a less technical overview of the subject, see Differential calculus. For other uses, see Derivative (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Operator (physics) — In physics, an operator is a function acting on the space of physical states. As a result of its application on a physical state, another physical state is obtained, very often along with some extra relevant information. The simplest example of… … Wikipedia
Derivative algebra (abstract algebra) — In abstract algebra, a derivative algebra is an algebraic structure of the signature <A, ·, +, , 0, 1, D> where <A, ·, +, , 0, 1> is a Boolean algebra and D is a unary operator, the derivative operator, satisfying the identities: 0D … Wikipedia
Derivative algebra — In mathematics: In abstract algebra and mathematical logic a derivative algebra is an algebraic structure that provides an abstraction of the derivative operator in topology and which provides algebraic semantics for the modal logic wK3. In… … Wikipedia
Derivative (generalizations) — Derivative is a fundamental construction of differential calculus and admits many possible generalizations within the fields of mathematical analysis, combinatorics, algebra, and geometry. Derivatives in analysis In real, complex, and functional… … Wikipedia
Operator (mathematics) — This article is about operators in mathematics. For other uses, see Operator (disambiguation). In basic mathematics, an operator is a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation. In terms of vector spaces, an operator is a mapping… … Wikipedia
Differential operator — In mathematics, a differential operator is an operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator. It is helpful, as a matter of notation first, to consider differentiation as an abstract operation, accepting a function and returning… … Wikipedia
Total derivative — In the mathematical field of differential calculus, the term total derivative has a number of closely related meanings. * The total derivative of a function, f , of several variables, e.g., t , x , y , etc., with respect to one of its input… … Wikipedia
Bounded operator — In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, a bounded linear operator is a linear transformation L between normed vector spaces X and Y for which the ratio of the norm of L(v) to that of v is bounded by the same number, over all non zero… … Wikipedia
Closed operator — In mathematics, specifically in functional analysis, closed linear operators are an important class of linear operators on Banach spaces. They are more general than bounded operators, and therefore not necessarily continuous, but they still… … Wikipedia