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Jordan curves

Jordan curves is the plural of Jordan curve.

Meaning of Jordan 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
    Synonyms:
    simple closed curve

Questions about Jordan curves

What is Jordan curves the plural of?
Jordan curves is the plural of Jordan curve.

Words near Jordan curves in the dictionary

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

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