Reliability Function (Survival Function)

A differentiable manifold is a topological space that is locally similar to Euclidean space, allowing calculus to be applied. Each point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to an open subset of [latex]\mathbb{R}^n[/latex]. These local coordinate systems, called charts, are related by smooth transition functions, forming an atlas that defines the manifold's differentiable structure.

Digital electronics is based on Boolean algebra, a mathematical system of logic introduced by George Boole. It uses two values, typically 0 and 1 (or false and true), and three basic operations: AND (conjunction), OR (disjunction), and NOT (negation). These operations directly correspond to the logic gates that form the building blocks of all digital circuits.

The Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy (CFL) condition is a necessary stability criterion for numerical solutions of hyperbolic partial differential equations using explicit time-integration schemes. It dictates that the time step size must be small enough that information does not travel further than one spatial grid cell per time step. For a 1D case, [latex]C = u \frac{\Delta t}{\Delta x} \le C_{max}[/latex], ensuring numerical stability.

Verification and validation (V&V) are distinct processes. Verification ensures a product meets its specified requirements ("Are you building it right?"). Validation ensures the product meets the user's actual needs and intended use ("Are you building the right thing?"). They are complementary activities within quality management, often performed sequentially or in parallel to ensure both correctness and usefulness.

De Morgan's laws are a pair of transformation rules in Boolean algebra that are fundamental to digital circuit design. The first law states that the negation of a conjunction is the disjunction of the negations: [latex]\neg(P \land Q) \iff (\neg P) \lor (\neg Q)[/latex]. The second states that the negation of a disjunction is the conjunction of the negations: [latex]\neg(P \lor Q) \iff (\neg P) \land (\neg Q)[/latex].

Riemannian geometry is the branch of differential geometry that studies Riemannian manifolds—smooth manifolds equipped with a Riemannian metric. This metric is a collection of inner products on the tangent spaces, varying smoothly from point to point. It allows for the definition of local geometric notions like angle, length of curves, surface area, and volume, leading to a generalized notion of curvature.

A topological space is an ordered pair [latex](X, \tau)[/latex], where [latex]X[/latex] is a set and [latex]\tau[/latex] is a collection of subsets of [latex]X[/latex], called open sets, satisfying three axioms: 1) The empty set [latex]\emptyset[/latex] and [latex]X[/latex] itself are in [latex]\tau[/latex]. 2) The union of any number of sets in [latex]\tau[/latex] is also in [latex]\tau[/latex]. 3) The intersection of any finite number of sets in [latex]\tau[/latex] is also in [latex]\tau[/latex].

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful numerical technique for solving complex engineering and physics problems described by partial differential equations. It works by discretizing a continuous domain into a set of smaller, simpler subdomains called 'finite elements'. This allows for the approximate numerical solution of problems in structural analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow, and electromagnetism.

The Finite Volume Method (FVM) is a dominant numerical technique in CFD for solving partial differential equations. It discretizes the domain into a mesh of control volumes and applies the governing equations in their integral form to each volume. By converting volume integrals to surface integrals using the divergence theorem, it focuses on calculating the flux of conserved properties across cell faces.