Timeline for A pair of words that mean fast- and slow- changing
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 17, 2015 at 10:33 | comment | added | jimjim | @PhilipC : yes, i know.However smooth function does conjure the image of not frequently changing, and bumpy function does. Hence misuse of mathematical term to fit something into everyday usage. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 10:28 | comment | added | Philip C | What I'm after isn't really related to the continuity of the value - in the question both graphs are discontinuous step functions. If we're heading into mathematics, I'm looking for a pair of words that, given two step functions, would differentiate between the one with few step discontinuities and the one with many (ideally considering the x-axis as time). | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 10:22 | history | answered | jimjim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |