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Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra.

Word forms

Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem

Etymology

Named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.

Synonyms

PBW
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