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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KRONECKER DELTA

Named after Leopold Kronecker (1823–91), German mathematician.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KRONECKER DELTA

Kronecker delta  [ˈkrɒnɪkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KRONECKER DELTA

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Kronecker delta is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KRONECKER DELTA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kronecker delta

In mathematics, the Kronecker delta or Kronecker's delta, named after Leopold Kronecker, is a function of two variables, usually integers. The function is 1 if the variables are equal, and 0 otherwise: where the Kronecker delta δij is a piecewise function of variables and. For example, δ1 2 = 0, whereas δ3 3 = 1. In linear algebra, the identity matrix can be written as and the inner product of vectors can be written as The Kronecker delta is used in many areas of mathematics, physics and engineering, primarily as an expedient to convey in a single equation what might otherwise take several lines of text.

Definition of Kronecker delta in the English dictionary

The definition of Kronecker delta in the dictionary is a function of two variables, i and j, that has a value of zero unless i = j, when it has a value of unity δij.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Kronecker delta in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Kronecker delta» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

克罗内克三角洲
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Kronecker delta
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Kronecker delta
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Translator English - Hindi

Kronecker डेल्टा
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Translator English - Arabic

دلتا كرونيكير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Кронекера
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Translator English - Portuguese

Kronecker delta
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Translator English - Bengali

ক্রোনকার ডেল্টা
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Translator English - French

Kronecker
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Translator English - Malay

Delta Kronecker
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Translator English - German

Kronecker -Delta
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Translator English - Japanese

クロネッカーのデルタ
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Translator English - Korean

크로네 커 델타
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Delta Kronecker
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng bằng Kronecker
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Translator English - Tamil

கரோனகெர் டெல்டா
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Translator English - Marathi

क्रोनकेर डेल्टा
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Translator English - Turkish

Kronecker delta
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Translator English - Italian

Kronecker delta
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Translator English - Polish

delta Kroneckera
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Кронекера
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Translator English - Romanian

Kronecker delta
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Translator English - Greek

δέλτα του Kronecker
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Kronecker delta
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Translator English - Swedish

Kronecker deltat
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Kronecker delta
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Trends of use of Kronecker delta

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KRONECKER DELTA»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KRONECKER DELTA»

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The Very Basics of Tensors
The Kronecker delta (the Kronecker tensor) The Kronecker delta or the Kronecker tensor, written 8 p , and defined by s"J° ifp#q q jl ifp = q is a mixed tensor of rank 2 , justifying the notation used. Proof We must prove that By definition xj _duJ ...
Nils K. Oeijord, 2005
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Tensors, Differential Forms, and Variational Principles
We have already encountered an example of a numerical tensor, namely, the Kronecker delta. This tensor is a special case of one of the most important numerical tensors, the so-called generalized Kronecker delta. The generalized Kronecker ...
David Lovelock, Hanno Rund, 2012
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Signals, Sound, and Sensation
•.7T) J-x — ! ,/, , - ,*„n. ., ioi RELATION TO THE KRONECKER DELTA The Kronecker delta is a function of two integer variables. It is defined by the equation S„.„,= \ for h = 7i ' (7.11) and Snn> = 0 for n + n' . The Kronecker delta has a selection ...
William M. Hartmann, 1997
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Kronecker Delta
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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The Method of Volume Averaging
KRONECKER DELTA The Kronecker delta appears often in problems involving tensor manipulation. The dot product between two unit base vectors is represented by •i-tl = 6r> (A16) in which S« is referred to as the Kronecker delta.
S. Whitaker, 1999
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Elasticity: Theory, Applications, and Numerics
1.3 Kronecker delta and alternating symbol A useful special symbol commonly used in index notational schemes is the Kronecker delta defined by 1 O 0 1 if in( n0 sum) 5,-1- I ' . . . I 0 1 0 (1.3.1) 0' 'f 'qu 0 0 1 Within usual matrix theory, it is ...
Martin H. Sadd, 2014
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MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
I (M(.; (*.s*k [tj.loj or Substitution property of Kronecker delta. Let Aijkit be the components of the fifth- order tensor. Then its product with Kronecker's delta Aijkit ^tq will become AijMq. Note that if there is a dummy variable in Kronecker delta and ...
ARBIND KUMAR SINGH, 2007
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Principles of Continuum Mechanics: A Study of Conservation ...
2.4.4 Kronecker delta and permutation symbols It is convenient to introduce the Kronecker delta <5iy and alternating symbol e^k because they allow easy representation of the dot product (or scalar product) and cross product, respectively, ...
J. N. Reddy, 2010
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Wavelets in Signal and Image Analysis: From Theory to Practice
In the following development of definitions and tests for various filter parameters, it will be convenient to base some of them on an underlying test of an arbitrary vector f = f[n] for its approximation to a Kronecker delta vector. Let h. = 8k[n] denote ...
A.A. Petrosian, F.G. Meyer, 2001
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Mathematics for Chemists
Kronecker Delta. c The quantity d\ defined as 0, ifi*; 1, tf*'=; is called Kronecker delta. It is so called after the name of German mathematician Leopold Kronecker (1823-91) who made important contributions to algebra, group theory and number ...
A.R. Vasishtha, A.K. Vasishtha

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KRONECKER DELTA»

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Computational shear interferometry for digital holography
... able to solve the inverse problem by using an iterative steepest descent gradient approach and a Kronecker delta function as an initial guess. «SPIE Newsroom, Aug 13»

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