Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gauss-bonnet theorem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: gauss-bon-net the-o-rem
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An important statement about surfaces in differential geometry, connecting their geometry (in the sense of curvature) to their topology (in the sense of the Euler characteristic).

Etymology

Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, who was aware of a version of the theorem but never published it, and Pierre Ossian Bonnet, who published a special case in 1848.

Inflected Forms

the Gauss-Bonnet theorem (canonical)

Synonyms

Gauss-Bonnet formula

Questions

What does gauss-bonnet theorem mean?: An important statement about surfaces in differential geometry, connecting their geometry (in the sense of curvature) to their topology (in the sense of the Euler characteristic).
Where does gauss-bonnet theorem come from?: Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, who was aware of a version of the theorem but never published it, and Pierre Ossian Bonnet, who published a special case in 1848.

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