Inverse - Definition and Overview

Inverse typically means the opposite of something.

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• Antonym - A word with the opposite meaning.
• Inverse chain rule method - Related to integration and differentiation.
• Inverse element - an element x⁻¹ so that x * x⁻¹ = x⁻¹ * x = e, where * is some binary operation and e is the identity element.
• Inverse function - in mathematics, a function that "reverses" the action of a given function.
  • Inverse functions and differentiation
  • Inverse discrete cosine transform
• Inverse gamblers fallacy - It says that if something improbable happens now, probable events must have happened in the past or the future. This is false.
• Inverse kinematic animation (IKA) - In computer animation, start animating from the end and go backwards for some tasks.
• Inverse limit - A notion in abstract algebra.
• Inverse (logic) - ~p → ~q is the inverse of p → q
• Inverse matrix - inverse element with respect to matrix multiplication.
• Inverse multiplexer - Splits a signal into several signals, opposite of a multiplexer.
• Inverse (music) - Oppositional direction of voice movement.
• Inverse problem - The task of identifying model parameters from observed data. See, e.g., Inverse scattering, "inverse kinematics", "inverse dynamics".
• Inverse perspective - Also Byzantine perspective: the further the objects, the larger they are drawn.
• Inverse scattering - The problem to determine object's shape/properties from measurements of scattered radiation/particles.
• Inverse-square law - The magnitude of a force is proportional to the inverse square of the distance.
• Inverse transform sampling method - Generate some random numbers according to a given probability distribution.