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automorphic

American  
[aw-tuh-mawr-fik] / ˌɔ təˈmɔr fɪk /

adjective

Petrography.
  1. idiomorphic.


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Etymology

Origin of automorphic

First recorded in 1870–75; auto- 1 + -morphic

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The reciprocity conjecture supposes these motives come from a different type of analytical mathematical object discovered by Langlands called automorphic representations, Arthur notes.

From Scientific American Mar. 21, 2022

The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, Ð is automorphic.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

In their analytical form, as groups of linear transformations of a single variable, the groups are those on which the theory of automorphic functions depends.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

A similar utility, of a more extended kind, belongs to automorphic functions in general; but it can be shown that such functions necessarily have an infinite number of essential singularities except for the simplest cases.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

That solution in fact is to be sought with the help of automorphic functions, which, however, as has been remarked, have, for p > 1, an infinite number of essential singularities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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