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nonsqueezing

nonsqueezing adjective: being or relating to the theorem in symplectic geometry stating that one cannot embed a sphere into a cylinder via a symplectic map unless the radius of the sphere is less than or equal to the radius of the cylinder.

Adjective

nonsqueezing (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to the theorem in symplectic geometry stating that one cannot embed a sphere into a cylinder via a symplectic map unless the radius of the sphere is less than or equal to the radius of the cylinder.
    • Relying on Gromov's nonsqueezing theorem for finite dimensional Hamiltonian systems, the argument is to approximate the solutions to the original infinite dimensional Hamiltonian system by a frequency truncated finite dimensional system, and then the nonsqueezing property is transferred to the...2015, Sunghyun Hong, Soonsik Kwon, “Nonsqueezing property of the coupled KdV type system without Miura transform”, in arXiv

Origin of nonsqueezing

From non- + squeezing.

Questions about nonsqueezing

What does nonsqueezing mean?
Nonsqueezing means being or relating to the theorem in symplectic geometry stating that one cannot embed a sphere into a cylinder via a symplectic map unless the radius of the sphere is less than or equal to the radius of the cylinder.
What part of speech is nonsqueezing?
Nonsqueezing is an adjective.

Words near nonsqueezing in the dictionary

  1. nonsprouting
  2. nonspurious
  3. nonsquamous
  4. nonsquare
  5. nonsquares
  6. nonsqueezing
  7. nonsquinter
  8. nonsquinters
  9. nonstability
  10. nonstabilized
  11. nonstable

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