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Variable (mathematics)

In mathematics, a variable (from Latin variabilis 'changeable') is a symbol, typically a letter, that refers to an unspecified mathematical object. One says colloquially that the variable represents or denotes the object, and that any valid candidate for the object is the value of the variable. The values a variable can take are usually of the same kind…

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Variable (mathematics)

Nodes128
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Triples17
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015625
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variable variables function constant used called example symbol functions one often number equation values mathematical also may denote letter dependent

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Euclid's Elementsinstance ofalso studying quadratic and cubic equations.In works of ancient Greece0.80text
a nowhere differentiable continuous functioninstance ofit appeared that the foundation of infinitesimal calculus was not formalized enough to deal with apparent paradoxes0.80text
ainstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
binstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
c are commonly used for known valuesinstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
parametersinstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
and letters at the end of the alphabet such as xinstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
yinstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
z are commonly used for unknownsinstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
variables of functionsinstance ofletters at the beginning of the alphabet0.80text
the pressureinstance ofthe state of a physical system depends on measurable quantities0.80text
the temperatureinstance ofthe state of a physical system depends on measurable quantities0.80text

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