Indeterminate

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In mathematics

Indeterminate has a variety of meanings in mathematics:

• Indeterminate (variable), a symbol that is treated as a variable
• Indeterminate system, a system of simultaneous equations that has more than one solution
• Indeterminate equation, an equation that has more than one solution
• Indeterminate form, an algebraic expression with certain limiting behaviour in mathematical analysis

Other

• Indeterminate growth, a term in biology and especially botany
• Indeterminacy (philosophy), describing the shortcomings of definition in philosophy
• Indeterminacy (music), music for which the composition or performance is determined by chance
• Statically indeterminate, in statics, describing a structure for which the static equilibrium equations are insufficient for determining the internal forces

See also

• Indeterminacy (disambiguation)