Lyman series

Summary

Lyman series is a Hydrogen Line Spectrum^[1]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (hydrogen_line_spectrum category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lyman series is credited with the discovery of Theodore Lyman^[3].
• Lyman series's image is recorded as LymanSeries.svg^[4].
• Lyman series's instance of is recorded as Hydrogen Line Spectrum^[5].
• Theodore Lyman is named after Lyman series^[6].
• Lyman series's followed by is recorded as Balmer series^[7].
• Lyman series's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Lyman series's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025q_h^[9].
• Lyman series's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0038829^[10].
• Lyman series's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• Lyman series's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Lyman-series^[12].
• Lyman series's defining formula is recorded as {1 \over \lambda} = R_\text{H} \left( 1 - \frac{1}{n^2} \right) \qquad \left( R_\text{H} \approx 1.0968{\times}10^7\,\text{m}^{-1} \approx \frac{13.6\,\text{eV}}{hc} \right)^[13].
• Lyman series's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2641186^[14].
• Lyman series's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as lyman-series^[15].
• Lyman series's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as lymanserien^[16].
• Lyman series's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "LymanSeries"]^[17].
• Lyman series's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[18].
• Lyman series's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 129883227^[19].
• Lyman series's Lex ID is recorded as Lyman-serien^[20].
• Lyman series's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as serie-de-lyman^[21].

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Works and Contributions

Lyman series is credited with the discovery of Theodore Lyman^[3].

Why It Matters

Lyman series draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (hydrogen_line_spectrum category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]