Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem

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Etymology

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Named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.

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the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem

  1. (mathematics) A result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra.
    Synonym: (initialism) PBW