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principal value  

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  • In mathematics, specifically complex analysis, the principal values of a multivalued function are the values along one chosen branch of that function, so that it is single-valued. A simple case arises in taking the square root of a positive real number.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_value)

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