The function of expounding on the scriptures is traditionally performed from the pulpit which is generally constructed in such a way that the voice of the preacher is projected out to the congregation.

But because it is the function of the mind to turn the one into the other by means of the capacities with which words endow it, we do not unwisely examine the type of distinction, in the sphere of politics, on which decisions hang.

Being ethical and professional people interested in community health and well-being, we felt this wasn't a function of our position.

To extract the optimal R-stage policy with respect to the feed state Af, we enter section R of this table at the state Af and find immediately from the last column the maximum value of the objective function.

A form of objective function that we shall often have occasion to consider is Af.

At this level we do not give details of states or transition function.

The result is an explicit choice function: a function that takes the first box to the first element we chose, the second box to the second element we chose, and so on.

Every such subset has a smallest element, so to specify our choice function we can simply say that it maps each set to the least element of that set.

If we try to choose an element from each set, then, because X is infinite, our choice procedure will never come to an end, and consequently, we will never be able to produce a choice function for all of X.

For example, if we abbreviate by BP the claim that every set of real numbers has the property of Baire, then BP is stronger than ¬ AC, which asserts the nonexistence of any choice function on perhaps only a single set of nonempty sets.

In retrospect the name change was unfortunate, not only because the Greek roots alone do not reveal the anode's function any more, but more importantly because, as we now know, the Earth's magnetic field direction on which the " anode " term is based is subject to reversals whereas the current direction convention on which the " eisode " term was based has no reason to change in the future.

If we define the function f ( n ) = A ( n, n ), which increases both m and n at the same time, we have a function of one variable that dwarfs every primitive recursive function, including very fast-growing functions such as the exponential function, the factorial function, multi-and superfactorial functions, and even functions defined using Knuth's up-arrow notation ( except when the indexed up-arrow is used ).

By finding how similar two protein sequences are, we acquire knowledge about their structure and therefore their function.

After the function, Zia met Bhutto, placed his hand on the Qur ' an and said, " You are the saviour of Pakistan and we owe it to you to be totally loyal to you ".

He seems, by some unconscious division of labor, to have given them that one function and no other, leaving communication to the rest of the face.

In some neighborhood in the f-plane of any ordinary point of the graph, the function f is a single-valued, continuous function.

We first show that the function is single-valued in some neighborhood.

The fact that there can not be any limit points of the set except in closed intervals follows from the argument used in Lemma 1, namely, that near any tangent point in the C-plane the curves C and Af are analytic, and therefore the difference between them must be a monotone function in some neighborhood on either side of the tangent point.

In some neighborhood of an isolated tangent point in the f-plane, say Af, the function Af is either double-valued or has no values defined, except at the tangent point itself, where it is single-valued.

Moreover, whereas in Interstate Commerce Commission parlance `` variable cost '' means a cost deemed to vary in direct proportion to changes in rate of output, in the type of analysis now under review `` variable cost '' has been used more broadly, so as to cover costs which, while a function of some one variable ( such as output of energy, or number of customers ), are not necessarily a linear function.

The objective function is some measure of the increase in value of the stream by processing ; ;

The objective function, which is to be maximized, is some function, usually piecewise continuous, of the product state.

This is specified by a distribution function Af such that the probability that Af lies in some region D of the stage space is Af.

The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey, in some cases for centuries ( for example, see Westminster Abbey below ).

By providing extra storage this modification also allowed some games and applications intended for the BBC Micro to function on the Electron despite the lack of a native Mode 7.

If F is an antiderivative of f, and the function f is defined on some interval, then every other antiderivative G of f differs from F by a constant: there exists a number C such that G ( x ) = F ( x ) + C for all x.

Of the various two-argument versions, the one developed by Péter and Robinson ( called " the " Ackermann function by some authors ) is defined for nonnegative integers m and n as follows:

In number theory, an arithmetic, arithmetical, or number-theoretic function is a real or complex valued function ƒ ( n ) defined on the set of natural numbers ( i. e. positive integers ) that " expresses some arithmetical property of n ."

In mathematics, the Borsuk – Ulam theorem, named after Stanisław Ulam and Karol Borsuk, states that every continuous function from an n-sphere into Euclidean n-space maps some pair of antipodal points to the same point.

The 1n excitation function was remeasured in 2005 by the team at LBNL after some doubt about the accuracy of previous data.

In 2005 they measured 33 decays of < sup > 262 </ sup > Bh and 2 atoms of < sup > 261 </ sup > Bh, providing a 1n excitation function and some spectroscopic data of both < sup > 262 </ sup > Bh isomers.

* The modern Nikon F Mount SLR camera lenses from the late 1970s-present ( its design dates back to 1959 ) can function on the newer Nikon DSLR cameras with some limitations.

Concerned with the intricate and thorough study of the properties and function of human body systems, bionics may be applied to solve some engineering problems.

Many, but not all, who consider themselves cognitive scientists have a functionalist view of the mind — the view that mental states are classified functionally, such that any system that performs the proper function for some mental state is considered to be in that mental state.

In applying the elemental theory to beings that function on a cosmic scale ( e. g. Yog-Sothoth ) some authors created a separate category termed aethyr.

No matter what troubles might betide him, this most American of artists knew in his heart he could not function properly outside his native land.

Fundamentally, an atomic orbital is a one-electron wave function, even though most electrons do not exist in one-electron atoms, and so the one-electron view is an approximation.

In physics, the most common orbital descriptions are based on the solutions to the hydrogen atom, where orbitals are given by the product between a radial function and a pure spherical harmonic.

Applications could not directly address video memory in this mode without modification, so it was incompatible with most games, although there is no inherent reason why a game could not be written to function in shadow mode.

* Despite its heritage, Applesoft lacked commands common to most other Microsoft BASIC interpreters, such as INSTR ( which searched for a substring in a given string ; this had to be done manually with loops and the MID $ function ), PRINT USING ( which formatted numbers with commas and currency signs according to a format string ), and INKEY $ ( which checked for a keypress without stopping the program as Applesoft's GET command — analogous to the INPUT $ function — did, although a PEEK location did provide this functionality ).

* act-ACT is a lossy ADPCM 8 kbit / s compressed audio format recorded by most Chinese MP3 and MP4 players with a recording function, and voice recorders

For small values of m like 1, 2, or 3, the Ackermann function grows relatively slowly with respect to n ( at most exponentially ).

This bodyguard function was often executed by the leader's most loyal warriors, and was extremely effective throughout most of early human history, leading assassins to attempt stealthy means, such as poison ( which risk was answered by having another person taste the leader's food first ).

A rational function has at most one horizontal asymptote or oblique ( slant ) asymptote, and possibly many vertical asymptotes.

Although most legislation is initiated by the executive branch, the Bundestag considers the legislative function its most important responsibility, concentrating much of its energy on assessing and amending the government's legislative program.

A number of internal groups flourished within the new party, the most notable of which was the Tawney Society ( mirroring the function of the Fabian Society within the Labour Party ).

On early keyboards without a key ( before the introduction of 101-key keyboards ) the Pause function was assigned to, and the Break function to ; these key-combinations still work with most programs, even on modern PCs with modern keyboards.

for an arbitrary real or complex number α ( the order of the Bessel function ); the most common and important cases are for α an integer or half-integer.

The most fertile time of socialization is usually the early stages of life, during which individuals develop the skills and knowledge and learn the roles necessary to function within their culture and social environment.

This system later gradually developed into a system with a royal judge nominating a number of the most esteemed men of the parish as his board, fulfilling the function of " the people " of yore.

These definitions are equivalent to one another, so the most convenient definition can be used to determine whether a given function is continuous or not.

Curried functions may be used in any language that supports closures ; however, uncurried functions are generally preferred for efficiency reasons, since the overhead of partial application and closure creation can then be avoided for most function calls.

( Overburning itself is so named because it is outside the written standards, but, due to market demand, it has nonetheless become a de facto standard function in most CD writing drives and software for them.

The most common function of a diode is to allow an electric current to pass in one direction ( called the diode's forward direction ), while blocking current in the opposite direction ( the reverse direction ).

For instance, one common function in most languages is the, which returns some human-readable form for the object.

In this most common form of Gnosticism the Demiurge had an inferior though not intrinsically evil function in the universe as the head of the animal, or psychic world.