Schwarz-Christoffel mapping

noun

A conformal map of the upper half-plane or the complex unit disk onto the interior of a simple polygon; used in minimal surfaces, hyperbolic art, and fluid dynamics.

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Meanings

nounSchwarz-Christoffel mapping (plural Schwarz-Christoffel mappings)

plural Schwarz-Christoffel mappings

  1. potential theorycomplex analysisA conformal map of the upper half-plane or the complex unit disk onto the interior of a simple polygon; used in minimal surfaces, hyperbolic art, and fluid dynamics.

Origin

They were introduced independently by Elwin Christoffel in 1867 and Hermann Schwarz in 1869.

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