Special functions have names, for example, the signum function is denoted by sgn.
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For the special case of values tied to the median, we define the kernel by the signum function.
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(Note the unconventional value for sgn ( 0 ) . ) The signum function does not satisfy the Lipschitz continuity condition required for the usual theorems guaranteeing existence and uniqueness of strong solutions.
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This is because the above expression but without " ? " being inside a signum function is the best linear unbiased prediction of " Y " given a value of " X ".
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Where \ textstyle \ operatorname { sign } denotes the signum function, and \ textstyle A, \ textstyle \ beta > 0, \ textstyle \ gamma and \ textstyle n are dimensionless quantities controlling the behaviour of the model ( \ textstyle n = \ infty retrieves the elastoplastic hysteresis ).