closed form

English

Noun

closed form (countable and uncountable, plural closed forms)

1. (mathematics) A form (expression) that does not use limits, implicitly or explicitly.

   There is no known representation of π in closed form: each expression for it includes an integral, an infinite series, or an infinite continued fraction.

2. (mathematics) A differential form whose exterior derivative is zero.
3. (poetry) A type of poetry with regular structure, such as meter or a rhyming pattern.
4. (poetry) Trobar clus.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closed,‎ form.

   If ω is a closed form, then dω=0.

Translations

(mathematics) expression that does not use limits

• Finnish: suljettu muoto
• German: geschlossene Form f
• Polish: wzór jawny m

(mathematics) differential form whose exterior derivative is zero

• Finnish: suljettu muoto
• German: geschlossene Form f
• Polish: wzór jawny m

Further reading

• closed form on Wikipedia.Wikipedia