Kronecker delta

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noun Mathematics.

a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.

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Origin of Kronecker delta

First recorded in 1925–30; named after L. Kronecker

Words nearby Kronecker delta

Krommer, krona, Kronach, krone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta, Kronos, Kronstadt, kroon, Kropivnitsky, Kropotkin

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How to use Kronecker delta in a sentence

When Tonie Tobias started at Delta in 1996 she was shy and closeted.
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Delta was a sponsor of the HRC dinner here in Atlanta and I went and met her there.
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Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.
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I told them the story about how Delta helped her propose to me in the middle of the international terminal here at Delta.
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It was because of Delta that I actually started helping out in the community, volunteering.
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The character , as Westphal shows, is for , or delta with part of one side left out.
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Agassiz represents the Fraser delta and Kamloops the southern interior district.
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It ran into the lake about a quarter of a mile from our tent, forming a good-sized delta at its mouth.
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It was in the fifth year of his reign that the Delta was attacked by a formidable combination of foes.
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This part is called the Delta from its likeness to the Greek letter of that name, which is of a triangular form.
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British Dictionary definitions for Kronecker delta

Kronecker delta

/ (ˈkrɒnɪkə) /

noun

maths a function of two variables, i and j, that has a value of zero unless i = j, when it has a value of unitySymbol: δ ij

Word Origin for Kronecker delta

named after Leopold Kronecker (1823–91), German mathematician

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