Glossary

981 plain-language definitions spanning every OgbonLab textbook, from algebra and proof through seismic interpretation, geostatistics, and machine learning. Pick a category to browse, or follow any term to the lessons where it is taught.

38 categories, 981 terms

Geostatistics

77 terms

anti-clustered, bimodal facies, block kriging, cdf, cell declustering

Statistics

70 terms

aic, alternative hypothesis, asymptotic normality, bca, benjamini-hochberg

Machine Learning

62 terms

accuracy, anomaly detection, auc, bias-variance tradeoff, classification

Probability

57 terms

addition principle, bayes theorem, bernoulli, beta, binomial

Seismic Interpretation

52 terms

4d amplitude difference, 4d time shift, acoustic impedance, anisotropy, attribute

Seismic Processing

48 terms

adaptive subtraction, adjoint, amplitude fidelity, autocorrelation, ava

Geology

38 terms

anticline, carbonate, carbonate platform, channel, charge

Deep Learning

36 terms

activation function, adam, autoencoder, backpropagation, batch

Physics-Informed Neural Networks

35 terms

autograd, automatic differentiation, boundary loss, causality violation, classical fwi recovery

Algebra

34 terms

abelian, absolute value, associative, character, closed (under an operation)

Set Theory

33 terms

axiom of choice, banach-tarski paradox, cantor diagonal, cantor-schröder-bernstein, cardinality

Numbers and Number Theory

31 terms

bezout coefficients, complex number, composite, congruence mod n, congruent modulo n

Logic and Quantifiers

28 terms

arbitrary, biconditional, bound variable, bounded existential, bounded quantifier

Seismic Acquisition

28 terms

accelerometer, air gun, aperture, azimuth, bin

Proof Techniques

27 terms

bernoulli inequality, case analysis, circular chain, conclusion, constructive proof

Real Analysis

24 terms

cauchy-mvt, continuous, continuous-at-point, continuous-on-set, delta

Functions

22 terms

bijection, bijective, codomain, composition, composition of functions

Geometry

21 terms

angle, angular excess, coordinates, cosine, degree

Wave Physics

21 terms

amplitude, bandwidth, direct arrival, dominant frequency, free-surface multiple

Linear Algebra

18 terms

basis, characteristic equation, characteristic-equation, cofactor, determinant

Relations and Orders

17 terms

antisymmetric, composition of relations, domain of a relation, equivalence class, equivalence relation

Algorithms and Complexity

16 terms

bfs tree, binomial theorem, chain, decision problem, decision tree

Calculus

16 terms

accumulation-function, arc length, boundary value problem, coordinate function, derivative

Topology

16 terms

basis (topology), boundary, closed set, compact, euler characteristic

Regression

15 terms

adjusted r-squared, f-test, glm, hat matrix, heteroscedasticity

Bayesian Statistics

14 terms

bayes factor, bic, conjugate prior, credible interval, empirical bayes

Complex Numbers

14 terms

analytic, argument, cauchy-riemann, conformal, conjugate

Experimental Design

13 terms

blocking, file drawer, harking, open science framework, p-hacking

Fourier Analysis

13 terms

convolution, convolution theorem, dirichlet conditions, fourier coefficient, fourier series

Partial Differential Equations

13 terms

antinode, dalembert formula, dirichlet problem, heat equation, laplace equation

Causal Inference

12 terms

ate, att, backdoor criterion, confounding, dag

Vector Calculus and Differential Forms

11 terms

circulation, curl, divergence, flux, gradient

Differential Geometry

10 terms

angular defect, curvature, gauss-bonnet theorem, normal section, osculating circle

Ordinary Differential Equations

10 terms

differential equation, homogeneous, initial value problem, integrating factor, linear

Measure Theory

8 terms

borel sigma-algebra, cantor set, lebesgue measure, measurable function, null set

Discrete Mathematics

7 terms

arithmetic sequence, induction, permutation, pigeonhole principle, summation

Integral Transforms

7 terms

congruence, dilation, isometry, reflection, rotation

Machine Learning for Geoscience

7 terms

forward operator, lithology prediction, seismic facies classification, variety, veracity

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