cominuscule

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adjective

Pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.

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Meanings

adjectivecominuscule (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsPertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.

    We show how to reduce the nonlinear Wei-Norman equations, expressing the solution of a linear system of non-autonomous equations on a Lie algebra, to a hierarchy of matrix Riccati equations using the cominuscule induction.

    2015, J. Gutt, S. Charzyński, M. Kuś, “Wei-Norman equations for classical groups via cominuscule induction”, in Differential Geometry and its Applications, volume 42

Origin

From co- + minuscule.

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