Laurent series

[ law-rent; French law-rahn ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Laurent series¹

Named after Hermann Laurent (1841–1908), French mathematician

Example Sentences

A tidbit for mathematicians: The function depicted here is a short Laurent series for a meremorphic function where the highest power is four and the lowest power is negative six.

From Scientific American