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A Kahler manifold is just a complex manifold with both a Riemann metric and a sympletic (Hamiltonian) form. It's not a rare class of manifolds and while the "ad
by WoahNoun 6y ago
A Kahler manifold is just a complex manifold with both a Riemann metric and a sympletic (Hamiltonian) form. It's not a rare class of manifolds and while the "adjective" Kahler has come to mean those properties. Why not call it a Reimann-Hamilton manifold if we care so much about the "history"?
- krick 6y ago> Kähler manifold is a bad name, stop naming things after each other! > Why not call it a Reimann-Hamilton manifold I'm not sure if this is top-notch sarcasm or not, but I'll upvote just to be safe.
- WoahNoun 6y agoI'm not suggesting that name. I'd prefer it was called a symplectic smooth inner product manifold. I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of the "name it after the discoverer argument"