Dynkin diagram

English

Etymology

After mathematician Eugene Dynkin.

Noun

Dynkin diagram (plural Dynkin diagrams)

1. (mathematics) A graph with some edges drawn as double or triple lines, arising in the classification of semisimple Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields, in the classification of Weyl groups and other finite reflection groups, and in other contexts.

See also

• Coxeter-Dynkin diagram