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Schwarz-Christoffel mapping

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A conformal map of the upper half-plane or the complex unit disk onto the interior of a simple polygon; used in minimal surfaces, hyperbolic art, and fluid dynamics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: potential theory

Topics: complex-analysis, mathematics, sciences

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Etymology

They were introduced independently by Elwin Christoffel in 1867 and Hermann Schwarz in 1869.