English Explanatory Dictionary

elliptic operator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a particular class of second-order linear differential operators.

Word forms

elliptic operator elliptic operators

Etymology

From its association with a corresponding elliptic partial differential equation — a second-order linear partial differential equation with coefficients specified analogously to those of the equation of a conic section that generates an ellipse.

Related words

hypoelliptic operator
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