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subfan

subfan noun: a subset of a fan (part of a tree).

Noun

subfan (plural subfans)

  1. A subset of a fan (part of a tree).
    • The problem is motivated by the wish to compute tropical varieties over the p-adic numbers, which are the intersection of a subfan of a Gr\"obner fan as studied in this paper by some affine hyperplane, as shown in a forthcoming paper..2015, Thomas Markwig, Yue Ren, “Gröbner Fans of x-homogeneous Ideals in Rt[x]”, in arXiv

Forms of subfan

pluralsubfans

Origin of subfan

From sub- + fan.

Questions about subfan

What does subfan mean?
Subfan means a subset of a fan (part of a tree).
What part of speech is subfan?
Subfan is a noun.
What is the plural of subfan?
The plural of subfan is subfans.

Words near subfan in the dictionary

  1. subfalciform
  2. subfalcine
  3. subfamilial
  4. subfamilies
  5. subfamily
  6. subfan
  7. subfandom
  8. subfandoms
  9. subfans
  10. subfascial
  11. subfasciculate

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