irrep

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Clipping of irreducible representation.

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Meanings

nounirrep (plural irreps)

plural irreps

  1. abbreviationclippingmathematicsClipping of irreducible representation.

    The interesting aspect here is that U₃ is irreducible, even though all irreps over the complexes are one-dimensional because ℤ₄ is abelian.

    1996, Barry Simon, Representations of Finite and Compact Groups, page 50

Origin

Shortening.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Perriprier
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