The word argument is used in several differing contexts in mathematics. The most common usage refers to the argument of a function, but is also commonly used to refer to the complex argument or elliptic argument.

An argument of a function is one of the parameters on which the function's value depends. For example, the sine is a one-argument function, the binomial coefficient is a two-argument function, and the hypergeometric function is a four-argument function.

See also

Argument Addition Relation, Argument Principle, Complex Argument, Elliptic Argument, Value, Variation of Argument

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References

Derbyshire, J. Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics. New York: Penguin, p. 36, 2004.

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