Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weyl group

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: weyl -group
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subgroup of the isometry group of a root system, generated by reflections through the hyperplanes orthogonal to the roots.

Etymology

Named after Hermann Weyl.

Inflected Forms

Weyl groups (plural)

Questions

What does weyl group mean?: A subgroup of the isometry group of a root system, generated by reflections through the hyperplanes orthogonal to the roots.
Where does weyl group come from?: Named after Hermann Weyl.

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