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.
1 A state has to be recognized diplomatically by other states. 2  A nation is a group of people who share a set of characteristics. 3  At the core of the concept of a nation is the notion that people having commonalities owe their allegiance to the nation and to its legal representative, the state. In the case of the United States and Canada, the state and nation do not coincide, yet a common identity and nationality is forged over time, even in the absence of religious, ethnic, or cultural similarity. 2  In the United States, national values reflecting commonly held ideas are expressed in public rituals.