English Explanatory Dictionary

Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A real algebraic integer greater than 1 all of whose Galois conjugates are less than 1 in absolute value.

Word forms

Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number Pisot-Vijayaraghavan numbers

Etymology

They became widely known after the publication of Charles Pisot's dissertation in 1938. Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan continued their study in the 1940s.

Synonyms

Pisot number PV number
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