Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.
Proper noun[edit]
the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem
- (mathematics) A result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra.
- Synonym: (initialism) PBW