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Euler characteristic

Euler characteristic noun: the sum of even-dimensional Betti numbers minus the sum of odd-dimensional ones.

Noun

Euler characteristic (plural Euler characteristics)

  1. The sum of even-dimensional Betti numbers minus the sum of odd-dimensional ones.
    • A polygon's or polyhedron's Euler characteristic is just the number of corners minus the number of edges plus the number of faces.

Forms of Euler characteristic

pluralEuler characteristics

Questions about Euler characteristic

What does Euler characteristic mean?
Euler characteristic means the sum of even-dimensional Betti numbers minus the sum of odd-dimensional ones.
What part of speech is Euler characteristic?
Euler characteristic is a noun.
What is the plural of Euler characteristic?
The plural of Euler characteristic is Euler characteristics.

Words near Euler characteristic in the dictionary

  1. eulepidopteran
  2. eulepidopterans
  3. Euler
  4. Euler angle
  5. Euler angles
  6. Euler characteristic
  7. Euler characteristics
  8. Euler diagram
  9. Euler diagrams
  10. Euler genus
  11. Euler graph

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