Meanings
plural paracompositions
- mathematicsAn extension of the paralinearization of non-smooth functions, used to flatten pairs of surfaces by changing variables.
To obtain this result, we establish global, quantitative results for the paracomposition theory of Alinhac..
2016, Quang-Huy Nguyen, “A sharp Cauchy theory for the 2D gravity-capillary waves”, in arXiv
Origin
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