# positone

#### Positone vs Positon - What's the difference?

positone | positon |

is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

## As a noun positon is

(physics) a positron, especially when compared with a negaton.

#### Positone vs Positons - What's the difference?

positone | positons |

is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

## As a noun positons is

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#### Semipositone vs Positone - What's the difference?

semipositone | positone | Derived terms |

## In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between semipositone and positone

is that semipositone is (mathematics) an eigenvalue problem that would be a positone eigenvalue problem except that the nonlinear function is not positive when its argument is zero while positone is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

## As adjectives the difference between semipositone and positone

is that semipositone is (mathematics) an eigenvalue problem that would be a positone eigenvalue problem except that the nonlinear function is not positive when its argument is zero while positone is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

#### Monotone vs Positone - What's the difference?

monotone | positone |

## In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between monotone and positone

is that monotone is (mathematics) property of a function to be either always decreasing or always increasing while positone is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

## As adjectives the difference between monotone and positone

is that monotone is (of speech or a sound) having a single unvaried pitch while positone is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

## As a noun monotone

is a single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

## As a verb monotone

is (ambitransitive) to speak in a monotone.

#### Continuous vs Positone - What's the difference?

continuous | positone |

## As adjectives the difference between continuous and positone

is that continuous is without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time while positone is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

#### Nonlinear vs Positone - What's the difference?

nonlinear | positone |

## As adjectives the difference between nonlinear and positone

is that nonlinear is (of a set of points) not lying on a straight line while positone is (mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.

#### Eigenvalue vs Positone - What's the difference?

eigenvalue | positone |

## As a noun eigenvalue

is (linear algebra) a scalar, $\lambda\!$, such that there exists a vector $x$ (the corresponding eigenvector) for which the image of $x$ under a given linear operator $\rm a\!$ is equal to the image of $x$ under multiplication by $\lambda$; ie $\left\{\rm a\right\} x = \lambda x\!$.

## As an adjective positone is

(mathematics) of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.