单词 | parabolic space |
释义 | > as lemmasparabolic space parabolic space n. †(a) Geometry the space contained within the finite arc of a parabola cut off by a chord (obsolete); (b) Astronomy (now rare) = Euclidean space at Euclidean adj. (see sense A. 2b). ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Parabolick Space, is the Area..between the Curve..of the Parabola and any entire Ordinate. 1872–3 W. K. Clifford Math. Papers (1882) 236 (note) According to Dr. Klein's nomenclature, a space, every point of which can be uniquely represented by a set of values of n variables, is called elliptic, parabolic, or hyperbolic, when its curvature is uniform and positive, zero, or negative.] 1878 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 1 354 The geometry of the points at an infinite distance in a flat or parabolic space. 1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 262 301 An example of a parabolic space is a fibre bundle M over a Riemannian space B, together with a connexion on M. < as lemmas |
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