Etymology

Gordan's problem

Today it means: The problem of generalizing Paul Gordan's computational approach to the theorem of the finiteness of generators for binary forms to work with functions having more than two variables. Full definition →

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Named after the Jewish-German mathematician Paul Gordan.

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