English Explanatory Dictionary

Wronskian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A determinant that is related to the linear independence of a set of solutions of a linear differential equation.

Word forms

Wronskian Wronskians

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Muir in 1884 from Wronski + -an. Named in honour of Józef Hoene-Wroński who introduced the concept in 1812.

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