Pfaffian

Summary

Pfaffian is a mathematical concept^[1]. Pfaffian draws 225 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #128 of 1,007).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pfaffian is credited with the discovery of Arthur Cayley^[3].
• Pfaffian's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept^[4].
• Johann Friedrich Pfaff is named after Pfaffian^[5].
• Pfaffian's subclass of is recorded as determinant^[6].
• Pfaffian's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1852-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7].
• Pfaffian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02m1y5^[8].
• Pfaffian's different from is recorded as Pfaffian function^[9].
• Pfaffian's defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{pf}(A)=\frac1{2^nn!} \sum_{\sigma \in S_{2n}}\operatorname{sgn}(\sigma) \prod {i=1}^n A{\sigma (2i-1),\sigma (2i)}^[10].
• Pfaffian's MathWorld ID is recorded as Pfaffian^[11].
• Pfaffian's nLab ID is recorded as Pfaffian^[12].
• Pfaffian's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[13].
• Pfaffian's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775956649^[14].
• Pfaffian's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Pfaffian^[15].
• Pfaffian's PlanetMath ID is recorded as Pfaffian^[16].
• Pfaffian's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2775956649^[17].
• Pfaffian's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as pfaffian-85418b^[18].

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Works and Contributions

Pfaffian is credited with the discovery of Arthur Cayley^[3].

Why It Matters

Pfaffian draws 225 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #128 of 1,007).^[2] Pfaffian has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]