Associations to the word «Hodge»

Wiktionary

HODGE, proper noun. A patronymic surname​ derived from a diminutive of the given name Roger.
HODGE THEORY, proper noun. (math) One aspect of the study of differential forms of a smooth manifold M. More specifically, it works out the consequences for the cohomology groups of M, with real coefficients, of the partial differential equation theory of generalised Laplacian operators associated to a Riemannian metric on M.

Wise words

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