- mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation - (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
--1 is a kind of calculation, computation, computing
--1 has particulars:permutation; combination; differentiation; maximization; integration; exponentiation, involution; arithmetic operation; matrix operation; construction; relaxation, relaxation method