Cominuscule

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup. not-comparable

    "We show how to reduce the nonlinear Wei-Norman equations, expressing the solution of a linear system of non-autonomous equations on a Lie algebra, to a hierarchy of matrix Riccati equations using the cominuscule induction."

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"We show how to reduce the nonlinear Wei-Norman equations, expressing the solution of a linear system of non-autonomous equations on a Lie algebra, to a hierarchy of matrix Riccati equations using the cominuscule induction."

Etymology

From co- + minuscule.

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