From: "Robin Chapman" <rjc@maths.ex.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Use of the letter "K" in math
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 08:21:55 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Summary: Who are K, K, and K ?

"Bill" <bill_pet@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:36abe133.0109041412.3dd51799@posting.google.com...

> There are many uses of the letter K in math like:
> K theory , K denotes algebraic field , binomial(n,k) , K3 surface ...
> 

K3 surfaces are named after Kummer, Kaehler and Kodaira.

Robin Chapman
www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~rjc/rjc.html

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