rounding, rounding error - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"

truncation error - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished

mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation - (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"

rationalisation, rationalization - (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

accuracy - (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

symmetricalness, symmetry, correspondence, balance - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

asymmetry, imbalance - (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

factoring, factorisation, factorization - (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial

extrapolation - (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values

interpolation - (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known

formula, rule - (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

recursion - (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation

series - (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

fractal - (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry

science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

pure mathematics - the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness

arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces

trig, trigonometry - the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions

algebra - the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

infinitesimal calculus, the calculus, calculus - the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions

set theory - the branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets

subgroup - (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group

group theory - the branch of mathematics dealing with groups

analysis situs, topology - the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions

metamathematics - the logical analysis of mathematical reasoning

applied math, applied mathematics - the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world

proof - a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

equation - a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

formula, expression - a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

mathematical statement - a statement of a mathematical relation

recursive definition - (mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps

boundary condition - (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations