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resolvent Definition

re·sol·vent (ri zäl′vənt, -zôl′-)

adjective

that resolves; causing solution or resolution

noun

  1. something that resolves; specif., a medicine that reduces swelling
  2. something that resolves problems, etc.

resolvent Usage Examples

Preposition: of

operator: Thomas Krainer ( Potsdam ): Resolvents of elliptic cone operators.

Modifies a noun

operator: The resolvent operator; the Neumann series; the spectrum; spectral properties of bounded self-adjoint operators.