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poincaré-birkhoff-witt theorem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
poincar-e-birkhof-f-wit-t the-o-rem
IPA
53
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
8
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra.

Etymology

Named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.

Inflected Forms

the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem (canonical)

Synonyms

PBW

Questions

What does poincaré-birkhoff-witt theorem mean?
A result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra.
Where does poincaré-birkhoff-witt theorem come from?
Named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.

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