English Explanatory Dictionary

Heegner number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Heegner number Heegner numbers

Etymology

Named after Kurt Heegner, German mathematician.

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