ALL meanings of characteristic function
char·ac·ter·is·tic func·tion
C c - noun characteristic function a function that assigns the value 1 to the members of a given set and the value 0 to its nonmembers 3
- noun characteristic function a function derived from the probability distribution function that enables the distribution of the sum of given random variables to be analysed 3
- noun Technical meaning of characteristic function (mathematics) The characteristic function of set returns True if its argument is an element of the set and False otherwise. 1
- noun characteristic function a function defined on a given set, having value 1 for every element of the set and value 0 for every element not contained in the set. 1
- noun characteristic function characteristic polynomial. 1
- noun characteristic function (analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set. 0
- noun characteristic function (mathematics, probability theory) A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable. 0