Riemann-Roch theorem

English

Etymology

Initially proven by Bernhard Riemann (1857); further work was done by Riemann's student Gustav Roch (1865).

Proper noun

the Riemann-Roch theorem

1. (mathematics) An important theorem in complex analysis and algebraic geometry for the computation of the dimension of the space of meromorphic functions with prescribed zeros and allowed poles.

See also

• Weierstrass point