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.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Wronskian
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Wronskian