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Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem

In mathematics, more specifically in the theory of Lie algebras, the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem (or PBW theorem) is a result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra. It is named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.

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Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem → Alfredo Capelli, Armand Borel, Birkhoff, Birkhoff-Witt, Bourbaki, Bourbaki's, Capelli, Capelli's, Fofanova, Following, General, In, It, Lie, Poincaré, Poincaré's, She, They, Ton-That, Tran
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Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem → Birkhoff, If, In, K-linear, Lie, Poincaré, Recall, Witt

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