Résidu (statistiques)In statistics and optimization, errors and residuals are two closely related and easily confused measures of the deviation of an observed value of an element of a statistical sample from its "true value" (not necessarily observable). The error of an observation is the deviation of the observed value from the true value of a quantity of interest (for example, a population mean). The residual is the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest (for example, a sample mean).
Multigrid methodIn numerical analysis, a multigrid method (MG method) is an algorithm for solving differential equations using a hierarchy of discretizations. They are an example of a class of techniques called multiresolution methods, very useful in problems exhibiting multiple scales of behavior. For example, many basic relaxation methods exhibit different rates of convergence for short- and long-wavelength components, suggesting these different scales be treated differently, as in a Fourier analysis approach to multigrid.
Base de GröbnerEn mathématiques, une base de Gröbner (ou base standard, ou base de Buchberger) d'un idéal I de l'anneau de polynômes K[X, ..., X] est un ensemble de générateurs de cet idéal, vérifiant certaines propriétés supplémentaires. Cette notion a été introduite dans les années 1960, indépendamment par Heisuke Hironaka et Bruno Buchberger, qui lui a donné le nom de son directeur de thèse Wolfgang Gröbner. Les bases de Gröbner ont le grand avantage de ramener l'étude des idéaux polynomiaux à l'étude des idéaux monomiaux (c'est-à-dire formés de monômes), plus faciles à appréhender.
Residual (numerical analysis)Loosely speaking, a residual is the error in a result. To be precise, suppose we want to find x such that Given an approximation x0 of x, the residual is that is, "what is left of the right hand side" after subtracting f(x0)" (thus, the name "residual": what is left, the rest). On the other hand, the error is If the exact value of x is not known, the residual can be computed, whereas the error cannot. Similar terminology is used dealing with differential, integral and functional equations.
