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cominuscule

cominuscule adjective: pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.

Adjective

cominuscule (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.
    • We show how to reduce the nonlinear Wei-Norman equations, expressing the solution of a linear system of non-autonomous equations on a Lie algebra, to a hierarchy of matrix Riccati equations using the cominuscule induction.2015, J. Gutt, S. Charzyński, M. Kuś, “Wei-Norman equations for classical groups via cominuscule induction”, in Differential Geometry and its Applications, volume 42

Origin of cominuscule

From co- + minuscule.

Questions about cominuscule

What does cominuscule mean?
Cominuscule means pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.
What part of speech is cominuscule?
Cominuscule is an adjective.

Words near cominuscule in the dictionary

  1. comings together
  2. comings-out
  3. Comino
  4. COMINT
  5. Comintern
  6. cominuscule
  7. comique
  8. comiques
  9. Comisarovca Nouă
  10. Comisene
  11. comiserat

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