WRONSKIAN


Meaning of WRONSKIAN in English

/rahn"skee euhn, vrahn"-/ , n. Math.

the determinant of order n associated with a set of n functions, in which the first row consists of the functions, the second row consists of the first derivatives of the functions, the third row consists of their second derivatives, and so on.

[ after Józef Wronski (1778-1853), Polish mathematician; see -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .