Meaning of canonical form | Babel Free

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1. A standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity or a text string, etc.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of a set of representations of the resonance structure of a molecule each of which contributes to the real structure; a contributing structure.
   countable, physical, uncountable
3. Synonym of dictionary form.
   countable, rare, uncountable

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“A canonical form⟳ is an element of a set⟳ of representatives of equivalence classes of forms such that there is a function or procedure which projects every element of each equivalence class onto that one element, the canonical form⟳ of that equivalence class. The canonical form⟳ is expected to be simpler than the rest⟳ of the forms in some way. For example, for cubic polynomials acted upon by the group of translations along the abscissa, the canonical forms are cubic polynomials without a quadratic term.”

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