Tschirnhaus transformation

noun

A type of mapping on polynomials that may be defined by means of field theory as the transformation on minimal polynomials implied by a different choice of primitive element.

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nounTschirnhaus transformation (plural Tschirnhaus transformations)

plural Tschirnhaus transformations · alternative Tschirnhausen transformation

  1. mathematicsA type of mapping on polynomials that may be defined by means of field theory as the transformation on minimal polynomials implied by a different choice of primitive element.

Origin

Developed by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus in 1683.

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