dessin d'enfant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.

Word forms

dessin d'enfant dessins d'enfant

Etymology

Borrowed from French dessin d'enfant (“child's drawing”).

Synonyms

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