In
mathematics, resolvent meaning "that which resolves" may refer to:
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Resolvent formalism In mathematics, the resolvent formalism is a technique for applying concepts from complex analysis to the study of the spectrum of operators on Banach spaces and more general spaces. Formal justification for the manipulations can be found in the fr ...
in operator theory
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Resolvent set in operator theory, the set of points where an operator is "well-behaved"
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Feller process#Resolvent in probability theory
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Resolvent (Galois theory) of an equation for a permutation group, in particular:
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Resolvent quadratic of a cubic equation
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Resolvent cubic of a quartic equation
In logic:
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Resolvent (logic), the clause produced by a resolution
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consensus theorem
In Boolean algebra, the consensus theorem or rule of consensus is the identity:
:xy \vee \barz \vee yz = xy \vee \barz
The consensus or resolvent of the terms xy and \barz is yz. It is the conjunction of all the unique literals of the terms, ...
, the term produced by a consensus in Boolean logic
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