elementary function
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By elementary function, we mean a function that can be written using a finite number of algebraic combinations or compositions of exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, or power functions.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Unfortunately, the antiderivative of the integrand e−x2 is not an elementary function.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Far different is the administration of criminal justice, a technical and very noble function, which has nothing in common with the elementary function of the franchise.
From Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri
The other way is to resolve the mental process into its components and to test every single elementary function in its isolated form.
From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg
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