Oscillation

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eÉªÊƒÉ™n

Noun

oscillation

(plural oscillations)

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
a single such cycle
(mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point

x in the domain of the function by

\inf\left\{\mathrm{diam}(f(U))\mid U\mathrm{\ is\ a\  neighborhood\ of\ }x\right\}

, and describes the difference (possibly âˆž) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

Related terms

oscillator

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