Definition:Wronskian/Mistake

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Source Work

1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.)

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):

Wronskian


Mistake

It is named after the Polish mathematician Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776-1853).


Correction

Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński's date of birth is given by various online sources as $23$ August $1778$.

No record can be found of an earlier date.


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