mollifier

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noun
Definitions
  • One who mollifies.
  • (mathematics) An "approximation to the identity", a smooth function with special properties, used in distribution theory to create sequences of smooth functions approximating nonsmooth (generalized) functions, via convolution.

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Suffix from English mollify.

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mollify

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