Norton's theorem
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/NortonEquivalentCircuits.png/220px-NortonEquivalentCircuits.png)
Etymology
[edit]Derived by American engineer Edward Lawry Norton in 1926; however, it was independently derived on the same year by German physicist Hans Ferdinand Mayer (hence the alternative name Mayer-Norton theorem).
Proper noun
[edit]- (electronics) A theorem which states that any electric circuit between two terminals containing only resistors, voltage sources, and current sources can be equivalently replaced with a single current source and resistor in parallel.
- Synonym: Mayer-Norton theorem