English Explanatory Dictionary

nilmanifold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quotient space of a nilpotent Lie group modulo a closed subgroup, or (equivalently) a homogeneous space with a nilpotent Lie group acting transitively on it.

Word forms

nilmanifold nilmanifolds

Etymology

From nil + manifold, after nilpotent.

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