TRIVIALITY

Triviality

In mathematics, the adjective trivial is frequently used for objects that have a very simple structure. The noun triviality usually refers to a simple technical aspect of some proof or definition. The origin of the term in mathematical language comes from the medieval trivium curriculum. The antonym nontrivial is commonly used by engineers and mathematicians to indicate a statement or theorem that is not obvious or easy to prove.

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triviality

Noun

  1. The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
  2. Something which is trivial or unimportant.


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