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CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION

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Definitions of CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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The characteristic function of set returns Trueif its argument is an element of the set and False otherwise.

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
By Denis Howe

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