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Hopfian

Hopfian adjective: relating to, or introduced by, Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), German mathematician.

Adjective

Hopfian (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or introduced by, Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), German mathematician.

Origin of Hopfian

From Hopf + -ian.

Words formed from Hopfian

  • cohopfian
  • Hopfian group
  • Hopfian object

Questions about Hopfian

What does Hopfian mean?
Hopfian means relating to, or introduced by, Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), German mathematician.
What part of speech is Hopfian?
Hopfian is an adjective.

Words near Hopfian in the dictionary

  1. Hopf invariant
  2. Hopf link
  3. Hopf links
  4. Hopf number
  5. Hopf numbers
  6. Hopfian
  7. hopfield
  8. Hopfield network
  9. Hopfield networks
  10. hopfields
  11. hopfion

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