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Dirichlet function

Dirichlet functions are mathematical functions that can be used to help analyze how things change over time. They are useful for understanding both how things are different at different times, and how things change over time. A Dirichlet function is kind of like a graph, but with numbers instead of dots! The numbers that make up the Dirichlet function can tell us how much something is changing and in what direction it is going.
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