Indeterminate
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In mathematics
Indeterminate has a variety of meanings in mathematics:
- Indeterminate (variable), a symbol that is treated as a variable
- Indeterminate system, a system of simultaneous equations that has more than one solution
- Indeterminate equation, an equation that has more than one solution
- Indeterminate form, an algebraic expression with certain limiting behaviour in mathematical analysis
Other
- Indeterminate growth, a term in biology and especially botany
- Indeterminacy (philosophy), describing the shortcomings of definition in philosophy
- Indeterminacy (music), music for which the composition or performance is determined by chance
- Statically indeterminate, in statics, describing a structure for which the static equilibrium equations are insufficient for determining the internal forces
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