WRONSKIAN


Meaning of WRONSKIAN in English

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

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