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

It can be shown, moreover, that an integral function actually assumes every finite complex value, save, in exceptional cases, one value at most.

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

This is an easy consequence from the less general theorem, every rational and integral symmetrical function of the roots is a rational and integral function of the coefficients.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

It can be shown to reduce, though the proof of this requires considerable developments of which we cannot speak, to the theory of a single integral function of u1, ... up, called the Theta Function.

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