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Degrees of Freedom
Author(s) -
Eisenhauer Joseph G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
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Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2008.00324.x
Subject(s) - degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , simple (philosophy) , mathematical economics , computer science , calculus (dental) , mathematics , epistemology , physics , philosophy , medicine , dentistry , quantum mechanics
Summary This article reviews several attempts to define degrees of freedom, and offers some simple explanations of how they are derived and why they are used in various contexts.