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Jordan curve

Jordan curve noun: a non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane; a simple closed curve.

Noun

Jordan curve (plural Jordan curves)

  1. A non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane; a simple closed curve.
    • When μ is small and positive, the locus (1) consists of a Jordan curve near each of the Jordan curves belonging to B.1950, Joseph Leonard Walsh, The Location of Critical Points of Analytic and Harmonic Functions, American Mathematical Society, page 242
    • If fis a closed curve that is one-one on [0,1] except for f(0) = f(I), then we say that f is a Jordan curve. A Jordan curve can be seen as a homeomorphism from the circle C onto a subset of the given space.1992, Konrad Jacobs, Invitation to Mathematics, page 164
    Synonyms:
    simple closed curve

Jordan curve meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

Jordan curve in Tamil

ஜோர்டான் வரை

Jordan curve in Malayalam

ജോർദ്ദാൻ വക്രം

Synonyms of Jordan curve

  • simple closed curve

Forms of Jordan curve

pluralJordan curves

Origin of Jordan curve

Named after French mathematician Camille Jordan (1838-1922), who first proved the Jordan curve theorem.

Questions about Jordan curve

What does Jordan curve mean?
Jordan curve means a non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane; a simple closed curve.
What is Jordan curve in Tamil?
Jordan curve in Tamil is ஜோர்டான் வரை. See Jordan curve meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Jordan curve?
Jordan curve is a noun.
What is the plural of Jordan curve?
The plural of Jordan curve is Jordan curves.

Words near Jordan curve in the dictionary

  1. Jordan algebras
  2. Jordan almond
  3. Jordan almonds
  4. Jordan block
  5. Jordan blocks
  6. Jordan curve
  7. Jordan curve theorem
  8. Jordan curves
  9. Jordan matrices
  10. Jordan matrix
  11. Jordan matrixes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jordan curve (page history and authors); jordan curve (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Jordan curve (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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