Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supercuspidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-cus-p-i-dal
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has a zero Jacquet functor for every proper parabolic subgroup

Example Sentences

"A theorem of Bernstein states that for any compact open subgroup K of G(k), there are, up to unramified twists, only finitely many K-spherical supercuspidal representations of G(k)."

Etymology

From super- + cuspidal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Questions

What does supercuspidal mean?: That has a zero Jacquet functor for every proper parabolic subgroup
Where does supercuspidal come from?: From super- + cuspidal.

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