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Dirichletian

Dirichletian adjective: of or relating to Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), German mathematician who made deep contributions to number theory.

Adjective

Dirichletian (comparative more Dirichletian, superlative most Dirichletian)

  1. Of or relating to Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), German mathematician who made deep contributions to number theory.

Forms of Dirichletian

comparativemore Dirichletian
superlativemost Dirichletian

Origin of Dirichletian

From Dirichlet + -ian.

Questions about Dirichletian

What does Dirichletian mean?
Dirichletian means of or relating to Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), German mathematician who made deep contributions to number theory.
What part of speech is Dirichletian?
Dirichletian is an adjective.

Words near Dirichletian in the dictionary

  1. Dirichlet processes
  2. Dirichlet series
  3. Dirichlet's box principle
  4. Dirichlet's drawer principle
  5. Dirichlet's unit theorem
  6. Dirichletian
  7. dirigation
  8. dirige
  9. dirigent
  10. dirigents
  11. diriges

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