ar·i·ty

(âr′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. ar·i·ties

The number of arguments or operands taken by a function or operator.

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Noun

arity - the number of arguments that a function can take

logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"

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aritačetnost

arité

aritetmjesnost

ariteitplaatsigheidStelligkeit

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Every relationship, even a unary or nullary relationship, has two levels, synetic and diffeonic, with the synetic level consisting of common attributes or accepting-syntactic invariants, and the diffeonic level consisting of some number of discernible instances thereof (this number being the arity of the relationship).

An introduction to mathematical metaphysics

We point out that a homomorphism of sup-algebras has to preserve also nullary operations.

Quotients and subalgebras of sup-algebras/Sup-algebrate faktor- ja alamalgebrad

Remember that in first order logic (FOL), constants are considered as nullary functions.

A unified framework for DPLL(T) + certificates

A semiring means an algebra (S, +, *, 0, 1), where + and * are binary, 0 and 1 are nullary, satisfying the following conditions:

Linear operators preserving commuting pairs of matrices over semirings

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