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cocharacter

cocharacter noun: the dual notion to a character; a group homomorphism from the group of units of a field.

Noun

cocharacter (plural cocharacters)

  1. The dual notion to a character; a group homomorphism from the group of units of a field.
    • We show that this space is smoothly equivalent to the local model for #92;mathrm#123;Res#125;#95;#123;K#47;#92;mathbb#123;Q#125;#95;p#125;#92;mathrm#123;GL#125;#95;n, cocharacter #92;#123;#92;mu#92;#125;, and parahoric level structure.2015, Ana Caraiani, Brandon Levin, “Kisin modules with descent data and parahoric local models”, in arXiv

Forms of cocharacter

pluralcocharacters

Origin of cocharacter

From co- + character.

Questions about cocharacter

What does cocharacter mean?
Cocharacter means the dual notion to a character; a group homomorphism from the group of units of a field.
What part of speech is cocharacter?
Cocharacter is a noun.
What is the plural of cocharacter?
The plural of cocharacter is cocharacters.

Words near cocharacter in the dictionary

  1. cochannel
  2. cochaperone
  3. cochaperones
  4. cochaperonin
  5. cochaperonins
  6. cocharacter
  7. cocharacters
  8. cochayuyo
  9. cochayuyos
  10. Coche
  11. Cochenour

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