Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

donaldson-thomas invariant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: don-ald-son-thomas in-vari-ant
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Given a compact moduli space of sheaves on a Calabi-Yau threefold, its Donaldson-Thomas invariant is the virtual number of its points, i.e., the integral of the cohomology class 1 against the virtual fundamental class.

Etymology

Introduced in 1998 by Simon Donaldson and Richard Thomas.

Inflected Forms

Donaldson-Thomas invariants (plural)

Phrases

Donaldson-Thomas theory

Frequently Paired Words

Donaldson-Thomas theory

Questions

What does donaldson-thomas invariant mean?: Given a compact moduli space of sheaves on a Calabi-Yau threefold, its Donaldson-Thomas invariant is the virtual number of its points, i.e., the integral of the cohomology class 1 against the virtual fundamental class.
Where does donaldson-thomas invariant come from?: Introduced in 1998 by Simon Donaldson and Richard Thomas.

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