Timeline for What does the word "symplectic" mean?
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| Dec 14, 2021 at 20:20 | history | edited | José Hdz. Stgo. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 16, 2016 at 14:49 | comment | added | Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 | I think this is the best answer here because the origin is stated. | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 21:16 | comment | added | Pietro Majer | Interesting remark. And she wrote, very rightly, "the word symplectic in mathematics was coined by Weyl", as the adjective συμπλεκτικός did exist in classic Greek. Since Weyl received a humanistic education, no doubt he was quite reluctant to create artificially a new word. | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 14:53 | history | edited | KConrad | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 7, 2010 at 14:19 | history | answered | Dick Palais | CC BY-SA 2.5 |