Dynkin diagram

noun

A graph with some edges drawn as double or triple lines, arising in the classification of semisimple Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields, in the classification of Weyl groups and other finite reflection groups, and in other contexts.

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Meanings

nounDynkin diagram (plural Dynkin diagrams)

plural Dynkin diagrams

  1. mathematicsA graph with some edges drawn as double or triple lines, arising in the classification of semisimple Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields, in the classification of Weyl groups and other finite reflection groups, and in other contexts.

Origin

After mathematician Eugene Dynkin.

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