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mirabolic

adjective

Being or relating to a subgroup of the general linear group GLₙ(k) that consists of automorphisms fixing a given non-zero vector in kⁿ. Its image in the projective general linear group is a parabolic subgroup consisting of all elements fixing a given point of projective space.

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adjectivemirabolic (not comparable)

not comparablemathematicsBeing or relating to a subgroup of the general linear group GLₙ(k) that consists of automorphisms fixing a given non-zero vector in kⁿ. Its image in the projective general linear group is a parabolic subgroup consisting of all elements fixing a given point of projective space.
We also give an analogue of our main theorem in the setting of mirabolic D-modules.
2015, Gwyn Bellamy, Travis Schedler, “Kostka polynomials from nilpotent cones and Springer fiber cohomology”, in arXiv

Origin

Blend of miraculous + parabolic.

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