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mathematical analysis > real analysis > real-valued function > function of several real variables

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function of several real variables  

Definition

  • In mathematical analysis and its applications, a function of several real variables or real multivariate function is a function with more than one argument, with all arguments being real variables. This concept extends the idea of a function of a real variable to several variables. The "input" variables take real values, while the "output", also called the "value of the function", may be real or complex. However, the study of the complex-valued functions may be easily reduced to the study of the real-valued functions, by considering the real and imaginary parts of the complex function.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_of_several_real_variables)

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  • real multivariate function
  • real-valued function of n real variables

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