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Symplectic vs Metaplectic - What's the difference?

symplectic | metaplectic |

In mathematics terms the difference between symplectic and metaplectic

is that symplectic is describing the geometry of differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form while metaplectic is describing a specific form of symplectic group.

symplectic

English

Adjective

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  • (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

    metaplectic

    English

    Adjective

    (metaplectic group) (-)
  • (mathematics) Describing a specific form of symplectic group