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Wronskian
noun
Wron·ski·an
\ˈ(v)rä|nzkēən, -rȯ|, |nskēən\
variants: or
Wronskian determinant
Definition of Wronskian
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: a mathematical determinant whose first row consists of n functions of x and whose following rows consist of the successive derivatives of these same functions with respect to x
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Origin and Etymology of wronskian
Józef Maria Wroński (Hoene-Wroński) †1853 Polish mathematician and philosopher + English -an
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