Greenianadj.n.
/ˈɡriːnɪən/, U.S. /ˈɡriniən/ Mathematics.
A. adj.
Relating to or arising from the work of the mathematician George Green (see Green n.2).
ΚΠ
1876 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. 1875 (Royal Soc.) 165 746 These functions ϕ of the variables α, β,.., γ are in fact the Greenian Functions in question.
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 53 260 Another method..to treat non-linear boundary value problems with the use of Greenian matrices.
1966 Proc. Physical Soc. 88 389 This method, although starting from a different point, turns out to be similar to the Greenian procedure.
2007 Jrnl. Magnetism & Magn. Materials 310 374/2 The Greenian equation is solved in this manifold of space.
B. n.
= Green function n. at Green n.2 2. rare.
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function1758
exponential1784
potential function1828
syzygy1850
permutant1852
Green function1863
theta-function1871
Greenian1876
Gudermannian1876
discriminoid1877
Weierstrassian function1878
gradient1887
beta function1888
distribution function1889
Riemann zeta function1899
Airy integral1903
Poisson bracket1904
Stirling approximation1908
functional1915
metric1921
Fourier transform1923
recursive function1934
utility function1934
Airy function1939
transfer function1948
objective function1949
restriction1949
multifunction1954
restriction mapping1956
scalar function1956
Langevin function1960
mass function1961
1876 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. 1875 (Royal Soc.) 165 746 The integration of this equation by means of a series of functions, which are analogous to Laplace's Functions, and may be termed ‘Greenians’.
2007 Physica B. 394 326/1 The structure Green function (Greenian).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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