Linear function. In mathematics, the term linear function refers to two distinct but related notions: In calculus and related areas, a linear function is a polynomial function of degree zero or one, or is the zero polynomial. In linear algebra and functional analysis, a linear function is a linear map.
A state is defined by multiple characteristics, including a government body and bureaucracy, a concentration of labor and population and a surplus of food. Other characteristics involve social... A state is defined by multiple characteristics, including a government body and bureaucracy, a concentration of labor and population and a surplus of food.
-Major decisions are made by the central government. -Tends to go along with nation-state. -A unitary state is a country whose three organs of state are governed as one single unit. -In a unitary state, any sub-governmental units can be created or abolished, and have their powers varied, by the central government. States have no authority to pass their own laws, and the central (national) government can order the states to do anything. (Just like a state can order a town to do anything, because the town is not sovereign.).