#tex2html_wrap_inline3155# that meets
the continuity criteria. This class will be referred to as the <#671#>
clipping<#671#> type or the <#672#> clip<#672#> functions.
The <#674#> clip<#674#> function (clip) is of one of the following two
forms:
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The relationship between #tex2html_wrap_inline3161# and #tex2html_wrap_inline3163# is:
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From this point on, any reference to <#693#> clip<#693#> is intended to refer
to <#694#> #tex2html_wrap_inline3169#<#694#>.
A piecewise linear network (#tex2html_wrap_inline3171#) is a feedforward multilayer
net using #tex2html_wrap_inline3173# as activation functions.
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