Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heegaard decomposition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hee-gaard de-com-po-si-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.

Etymology

Named after Poul Heegaard, Danish mathematician.

Inflected Forms

Heegaard decompositions (plural)

Synonyms

Heegaard splitting

Questions

What does heegaard decomposition mean?: The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.
Where does heegaard decomposition come from?: Named after Poul Heegaard, Danish mathematician.

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