indeterminate

Anglais

Du latin indeterminatus.

Singulier	Pluriel
indeterminate \Prononciation ?\	indeterminates \Prononciation ?\

(Mathématiques) Indéterminée, variable formelle.
- The form is linear, quadratic, cubic, biquadratic or quartic, quintic, &c., according to its order in respect of the indeterminates it contains; and binary, ternary, quaternary, &c., according to the number of its indeterminates. Thus $x^{2} + y^{2}$ is a binary quadratic form, $x^{3} + y^{3} + z^{3} - 3 x y z$ is a ternary cubic form. — (H. J. Stephen Smith, Report on the Theory of Numbers—Part III, Report of the 31st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1862, page 292)
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