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

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integral function

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 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

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

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

In general terms it may be stated that it is a very exceptional thing for an integral function not to assume every complex value an infinite number of times.

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