autotransformation

English edit

Etymology edit

auto- +‎ transformation

Noun edit

autotransformation (countable and uncountable, plural autotransformations)

  1. A self-induced transformation
  2. Automatic transformation
    autotransformation of non-character values
  3. (mathematics) A transformation such that the distribution of the mapped values is the same as the distribution of the original values.
    autotransformations of the hypergeometric functions