Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gromov-witten invariant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: gro-mov-wit-ten in-vari-ant
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rational number that, in certain situations, counts pseudoholomorphic curves meeting prescribed conditions in a given symplectic manifold. They have applications in string theory.

Etymology

Named after Mikhail Gromov and Edward Witten.

Inflected Forms

Gromov-Witten invariants (plural)

Questions

What does gromov-witten invariant mean?: A rational number that, in certain situations, counts pseudoholomorphic curves meeting prescribed conditions in a given symplectic manifold. They have applications in string theory.
Where does gromov-witten invariant come from?: Named after Mikhail Gromov and Edward Witten.

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