Binomial may refer to:
In mathematics
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Binomial (polynomial)
In algebra, a binomial is a polynomial that is the sum of two terms, each of which is a monomial. It is the simplest kind of a sparse polynomial after the monomials.
Definition
A binomial is a polynomial which is the sum of two monomials. A bin ...
, a polynomial with two terms
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Binomial coefficient
In mathematics, the binomial coefficients are the positive integers that occur as coefficients in the binomial theorem. Commonly, a binomial coefficient is indexed by a pair of integers and is written \tbinom. It is the coefficient of the t ...
, numbers appearing in the expansions of powers of binomials
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Binomial QMF, a perfect-reconstruction orthogonal wavelet decomposition
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Binomial theorem, a theorem about powers of binomials
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Binomial type, a property of sequences of polynomials
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Binomial series, a mathematical series
In probability and statistics
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Binomial distribution
In probability theory and statistics, the binomial distribution with parameters and is the discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of statistical independence, independent experiment (probability theory) ...
, a type of probability distribution
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Binomial process
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Binomial test, a test of significance
In computing science
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Binomial heap
In computer science, a binomial heap is a data structure that acts as a priority queue. It is an example of a mergeable heap (also called meldable heap), as it supports merging two heaps in logarithmic time. It is implemented as a Heap (data st ...
, a data structure
In linguistics
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Binomial pair, a sequence of two or more words or phrases in the same grammatical category, having some semantic relationship and joined by some syntactic device
In biology
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Binomial nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ...
, a Latin two-term name for a species, such as ''Sequoia sempervirens''
In finance
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Binomial options pricing model, a numerical method for the valuation of options
In politics
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Binomial voting system, a voting system used in the parliamentary elections of Chile between 1989 and 2013
See also
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List of factorial and binomial topics {{Short description, none
This is a list of factorial and binomial topics in mathematics. See also binomial (disambiguation).
* Abel's binomial theorem
*Alternating factorial
*Antichain
*Beta function
* Bhargava factorial
*Binomial coefficient
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