Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heegner number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heeg-n-er num-ber
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A squarefree positive integer d such that the imaginary quadratic field Q(√(−d)) has class number 1; equivalently, such that its ring of integers has unique factorization.

Etymology

Named after Kurt Heegner, German mathematician.

Inflected Forms

Heegner numbers (plural)

Questions

What does heegner number mean?: A squarefree positive integer d such that the imaginary quadratic field Q(√(−d)) has class number 1; equivalently, such that its ring of integers has unique factorization.
Where does heegner number come from?: Named after Kurt Heegner, German mathematician.

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