Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kazhdan-lusztig polynomial

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kazh-dan-lusztig poly-no-mi-al
IPA

58

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

6

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member P_(y,w)(q) of a certain family of integral polynomials that are indexed by pairs of elements y, w of a Coxeter group W, which can in particular be the Weyl group of a Lie group.

Etymology

Introduced by David Kazhdan and George Lusztig in 1979.

Inflected Forms

Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials (plural)

Questions

What does kazhdan-lusztig polynomial mean?: A member P_(y,w)(q) of a certain family of integral polynomials that are indexed by pairs of elements y, w of a Coxeter group W, which can in particular be the Weyl group of a Lie group.
Where does kazhdan-lusztig polynomial come from?: Introduced by David Kazhdan and George Lusztig in 1979.

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