RIEMANN SURFACE


Meaning of RIEMANN SURFACE in English

Math.

a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value. Cf. branch cut, branch point .

[ 1890-95; named after G. F. B. RIEMANN ]

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