In dictionaries:
second-order reaction
second-order lambda-calculus
second-order logic
A formal system which extends first-order logic by allowing quantification over relations between members of the universe.
monadic second-order logic
(logic) A formal deductive system which extends first-order logic by the ability to quantify over unary predicates over individual members of the universe of discourse.
Second-order cybernetics
Second-order cybernetics, also known as the cybernetics of cybernetics, is the recursive application of cybernetics to itself and the reflexive practice of cybernetics according to such a critique.
Second-order cone programming
A second-order cone program is a convex optimization problem of the form
Second-order arithmetic
In mathematical logic, second-order arithmetic is a collection of axiomatic systems that formalize the natural numbers and their subsets.
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