From: "Robin Chapman" 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" 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 -- Posted from pepperoni.ulcc.wwwcache.ja.net [194.82.103.39] via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG