integral function

American  

noun

Mathematics (chiefly British).

1. an entire function.

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Etymology

Origin of integral function

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

An unfortunately large proportion of businessmen," they conclude, "do not look on selling as an integral function of management .

From Time Magazine Archive

Any rational integral function can be converted into the sum of a number of factorials; and thus the sum of a series of which such a function is the general term can be found.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

It can be proved that this integral function vanishes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

A single valued function is said to be an integral function when it has no singular points except z = ∞.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

If, however, we describe a circle of radius R in the z plane, and consider the greatest value of the modulus of an integral function upon this circle, this certainly increases indefinitely as R increases.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various