English Explanatory Dictionary

Pfaffian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The determinant of a skew-symmetric matrix, capable of being written as the square of a polynomial in the matrix entries.
noun
  1. A member of a circle of artists that met at Pfaff's, a restaurant on Broadway.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Pfaffian.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæfɪən/

Word forms

Pfaffian Pfaffians

Etymology

From Pfaff + -ian, after Johann Friedrich Pfaff.

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