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Dirichlet energies

Dirichlet energies is the plural of Dirichlet energy.

Meaning of Dirichlet energy

Noun

Dirichlet energy (plural Dirichlet energies)

  1. (functional analysis, Fourier analysis) A quadratic functional which, given a real function defined on an open subset of ℝⁿ, yields a real number that is a measure of how variable said function is.
    • Variational principles play an important role in both geometry and physics, and one of the key problems with applications in both fields is the variational problem associated to the Dirichlet energy of maps between Riemannian manifolds.2005, Roger Moser, Partial Regularity for Harmonic Maps and Related Problems, World Scientific, page 1

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What is Dirichlet energies the plural of?
Dirichlet energies is the plural of Dirichlet energy.

Words near Dirichlet energies in the dictionary

  1. Dirichlet
  2. Dirichlet character
  3. Dirichlet characters
  4. Dirichlet distribution
  5. Dirichlet distributions
  6. Dirichlet energies
  7. Dirichlet energy
  8. Dirichlet eta function
  9. Dirichlet problem
  10. Dirichlet problems
  11. Dirichlet process

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