Math Glossary

Browse 6 math terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

6 Math Terms

Activation Function
A mathematical function applied to a neural unit's output to introduce nonlinearity into the model. It influences how models are trained, evaluated, or served,...
Division
An arithmetic operation that splits a number into equal parts. In programming, integer division truncates the result in most languages, and division by zero is...
Matrix
A rectangular array of numbers arranged in rows and columns, used extensively in graphics, machine learning, physics simulations, and scientific computing.
Project Euler
A website of mathematically oriented programming problems designed to encourage clever algorithmic thinking and number-theory exploration. It is popular among...
Sigmoid Function
An S-shaped mathematical function used in statistics and machine learning, especially as an activation or for mapping values into a probability-like range.
Vector
A dynamic, growable array that stores elements contiguously in memory. In Rust it's Vec<T>, in C++ std::vector. Also used in math/ML to mean an ordered list of...

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