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noun
The determinant of a skew-symmetric matrix, capable of being written as the square of a polynomial in the matrix entries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A member of a circle of artists that met at Pfaff's, a restaurant on Broadway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Pfaffian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From Pfaff + -ian, after Johann Friedrich Pfaff.
After Charles Ignatious Pfaff, the founder of the restaurant.
