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