ˈ(v)rä]nzkēən, -rȯ], ]nskēən\ noun
or wronskian determinant
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: Józef Maria Wroński (Hoene- Wroński ) died 1853 Pol. mathematician and philosopher + English -an
: a mathematical determinant whose first row consists of n functions of x and whose following rows consist of the successive derivatives of these same functions with respect to x