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Differentiable vs Symplectic - What's the difference?

differentiable | symplectic |

As adjectives the difference between differentiable and symplectic

is that differentiable is having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds while symplectic is describing the geometry of differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form.

differentiable

English

(wikipedia differentiable)

Adjective

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  • (calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
  • (comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated, e.g. because they appear different

    • Related terms

    * differentiability

    symplectic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Describing the geometry of differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "symplectic")

    References

    * etymology of symplectic, by (Murray Gell-Mann). * The Symplectization of Science, Mark J. Gotay and , p. 13