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Riemann-Roch theorem

Riemann-Roch theorem proper noun: an important theorem in complex analysis and algebraic geometry for the computation of the dimension of the space of meromorphic functions with prescribed zeros and allowed poles.

Proper noun

the Riemann-Roch theorem

  1. An important theorem in complex analysis and algebraic geometry for the computation of the dimension of the space of meromorphic functions with prescribed zeros and allowed poles.

Origin of Riemann-Roch theorem

Initially proven by Bernhard Riemann (1857); further work was done by Riemann's student Gustav Roch (1865).

Questions about Riemann-Roch theorem

What does Riemann-Roch theorem mean?
Riemann-Roch theorem means an important theorem in complex analysis and algebraic geometry for the computation of the dimension of the space of meromorphic functions with prescribed zeros and allowed poles.
What part of speech is Riemann-Roch theorem?
Riemann-Roch theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Riemann-Roch theorem in the dictionary

  1. Riemann surfaces
  2. Riemann zeta function
  3. Riemann zeta functions
  4. Riemann zeta-function
  5. Riemann-Lebesgue lemma
  6. Riemann-Roch theorem
  7. Riemann-Stieltjes integral
  8. Riemann-Stieltjes integrals
  9. Riemannean
  10. riemannian
  11. Riemannian geometries

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