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Floer homology

Floer homology noun: a tool for studying symplectic geometry and low-dimensional topology. It is a novel invariant that arises as an infinite-dimensional analog of finite-dimensional Morse homology.

Noun

Floer homology (uncountable)

  1. A tool for studying symplectic geometry and low-dimensional topology. It is a novel invariant that arises as an infinite-dimensional analog of finite-dimensional Morse homology.

Origin of Floer homology

Introduced by Andreas Floer.

Questions about Floer homology

What does Floer homology mean?
Floer homology means a tool for studying symplectic geometry and low-dimensional topology. It is a novel invariant that arises as an infinite-dimensional analog of finite-dimensional Morse homology.
What part of speech is Floer homology?
Floer homology is a noun.

Words near Floer homology in the dictionary

  1. floe
  2. floe rat
  3. floe rats
  4. floeberg
  5. floebergs
  6. Floer homology
  7. Floersch
  8. Floersches
  9. floes
  10. flog
  11. flog a dead horse

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