Math Words That Start With J, K, or L (188 Terms + Definitions)
This page lists every math word that starts with J, K, or L in the Mathwords dictionary (10 with J, 19 with K, 146 with L). The full lists are below; the most looked-up terms are at the end of the page.
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Most Looked-Up J, K, and L Terms
J:
- Jacobian — A matrix that collects all the first-order partial derivatives of a vector-valued function, organizing how each output component changes…
- Jensen's Inequality — Jensen's Inequality states that for a convex function, the function applied to an average is always less than or equal to the average of…
- Johnson Solid — One of 92 convex polyhedra whose faces are all regular polygons but which are not Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prisms, or antiprisms.
- Joint Variation — A relationship in which one variable is directly proportional to the product of two or more other variables.
K:
- k-Coloring — A k-coloring of a graph is an assignment of at most $k$ distinct colors to the graph's vertices such that no two vertices connected by an…
- Kappa (Κ κ) — The Greek alphabet is the set of 24 letters originating from ancient Greece that are widely used as symbols for variables, constants, and…
- Kaprekar Routine — A process where you take a number, arrange its digits in descending order and ascending order, then subtract the smaller from the larger.
- Keep Change Flip — A memory trick for dividing fractions.
L:
- L1 Norm — The L1 norm of a vector is the sum of the absolute values of all its components.
- L2 Norm — The straight-line length of a vector, calculated as the square root of the sum of the squares of its components.
- Labeled Graph — A graph in which every vertex is assigned a distinct name or identifier, so that two graphs with the same structure but different vertex…
- Labeled Tree — A tree (a connected graph with no cycles) in which every vertex is assigned a distinct label, typically the integers 1 through $n$.