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Cartanian

Cartanian adjective: of or relating to Élie Cartan (1869–1951), influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications.

Adjective

Cartanian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Élie Cartan (1869–1951), influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications.

Origin of Cartanian

From Cartan + -ian.

Questions about Cartanian

What does Cartanian mean?
Cartanian means of or relating to Élie Cartan (1869–1951), influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications.
What part of speech is Cartanian?
Cartanian is an adjective.

Words near Cartanian in the dictionary

  1. Cartan
  2. Cartan integer
  3. Cartan integers
  4. Cartan subalgebra
  5. Cartan subalgebras
  6. Cartanian
  7. Cartas
  8. Cartaya
  9. Cartayas
  10. cartazolate
  11. cartbote

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