Birkhoff's theorem
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Birkhoff's theorem may refer to several theorems named for the American mathematician George David Birkhoff
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It may also refer to theorems named for his son, Garrett Birkhoff
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George David Birkhoff
-External links:* − from National Academies Press, by Oswald Veblen....
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- Birkhoff's theorem (relativity)Birkhoff's theorem (relativity)In general relativity, Birkhoff's theorem states that any spherically symmetric solution of the vacuum field equations must be static and asymptotically flat. This means that the exterior solution must be given by the Schwarzschild metric....
- Birkhoff's theorem (electromagnetism)Birkhoff's theorem (electromagnetism)In physics, in the context of electromagnetism, Birkhoff's theorem concerns spherically symmetric static solutions of Maxwell's field equations of electromagnetism....
- Birkhoff's ergodic theorem
It may also refer to theorems named for his son, Garrett Birkhoff
Garrett Birkhoff
Garrett Birkhoff was an American mathematician. He is best known for his work in lattice theory.The mathematician George Birkhoff was his father....
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- Birkhoff's HSP theorem, concerning the closure operations of homomorphism, subalgebra and product
- Birkhoff's representation theoremBirkhoff's representation theoremIn mathematics, Birkhoff's representation theorem for distributive lattices states that the elements of any finite distributive lattice can be represented as finite sets, in such a way that the lattice operations correspond to unions and intersections of sets...
for distributive lattices