generating function

短语

[计] 母函数; 生成函数

词形变化

generating functions 复数 generating functions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients encode a sequence that can be studied by algebraic manipulation of the series; any one of several generalizations, such as to encode more than one sequence or use more than one indeterminate.

    数学

    2003, Sergei K. Lando (author & translator), Lectures on Generating Functions, American Mathematical Society.

词源

The concept was introduced by French mathematician Abraham de Moivre in 1730.

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