| Cauchy principal value [kō·shē ¦prin·sǝ·pǝl ¦val·yü] MATHEMATICS 1. Also known as principal value. 2. The Cauchy principal value of provided the limit exists. 3. If a function f is bounded on an interval (a,b ) except in the neighborhood of a point c, the Cauchy principal value of provided the limit exists. |