Wikipedia / Analytic
Wikipedia / Analytic
Analytic or analytical may refer to:
Chemistry
Analytical chemistry, the analysis of material samples to learn their chemical composition and structure
Analytical technique, a method that is used to determine the concentration of a chemical compound or chemical element
Mathematics
Abstract analytic number theory, the application of ideas and techniques from analytic number theory to other mathematical fields
Analytic combinatorics, a branch of combinatorics that describes combinatorial classes using generating functions
Analytic element method, a numerical method used to solve partial differential equations
Analytic expression or analytic solution, a mathematical expression using well-known operations that lend themselves readily to calculation
Analytic geometry, the study of geometry based on numerical coordinates rather than axioms
Analytic number theory, a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis
Mathematical analysis
Analytic function, a function that is locally given by a convergent power series
Analytic capacity, a number that denotes how big a certain bounded analytic function can become
Analytic continuation, a technique to extend the domain of definition of a given analytic function
Analytic manifold, a topological manifold with analytic transition maps
Analytic variety, the set of common solutions of several equations involving analytic functions
Set theory
Analytical hierarchy, an extension of the arithmetical hierarchy
Analytic set, the continuous image of a Polish space
Proof theory
Analytic proof, in structural proof theory, a proof whose structure is simple in a special way
Analytic tableau, a tree structure used to analyze logical formulas
Computer science
Analytic or reductive grammar, a kind of formal grammar that works by successively reducing input strings to simpler forms
Analytics, to find meaningful patterns in data
Other science and technology
Analytic signal, a particular representation of a signal
Analytical mechanics, a refined, highly mathematical form of classical mechanics
Analytical balance, a very high precision (0.1mg or better) weighing scale
Philosophy
Analytic philosophy, a style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century
Analytic proposition, a statement whose truth can be determined solely through analysis of its meaning
Analytical Thomism, the movement to present the thought of Thomas Aquinas in the style of modern analytic philosophy
Postanalytic philosophy, describes a detachment from the mainstream philosophical movement of analytic philosophy, which is the predominant school of thought in English-speaking countries
Social sciences
Psychology
Analytical psychology, part of the Jungian psychology movement
Cognitive analytic therapy, a form of psychological therapy initially developed in the UK by Anthony Ryle
Psychoanalysis, a set of psychological and psychotherapeutic theories and associated techniques
Sociology
Analytic induction, the systematic examination of similarities between various social phenomena to develop concepts or ideas
Analytic frame, a detailed sketch or outline of some social phenomenon, representing initial idea of a scientist analyzing this phenomenon
Politics
Analytical Marxism, an interpretation of Marxism
Linguistics
Analytic language, a natural language in which most morphemes are free (separate), instead of fused together
Other areas
Analytical jurisprudence, the use of analytical reasoning to study legal theory
Analytic journalism, seeks to make sense of a complex reality in order to create public understanding
Analytic cubism, one of two major branches of the cubism artistic movement
See also
Analytical Engine, a 19th-century mechanical general-purpose computer designed by Charles Babbage
Analytical Society, a 19th-century British group who promoted the use of Leibnizian or analytical calculus, as opposed to Newtonian calculus