bivariate

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English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ variate.

Adjective

bivariate (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Having or involving exactly two variables.
    • 2016, Grigoriy Blekherman, Daniel Plaumann, Rainer Sinn, Cynthia Vinzant, “Low-Rank Sum-of-Squares Representations on Varieties of Minimal Degree”, in arXiv:
      Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.

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Noun

bivariate (plural bivariates)

  1. (mathematics) A polynomial or function with exactly two variables.

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