mollifier

/M AA1 L AH0 F AY0 ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    One who mollifies.

  2. 2

    (mathematics) An "approximation to the identity", a smooth function with special properties, used in distribution theory to create sequences of smooth functions approximating nonsmooth (generalized) functions, via convolution.

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