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Riemann surface

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Riemann surface1

First recorded in 1890–95; named after G. F. B. Riemann

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