different between xeromorphic vs meromorphic

English

Etymology

From xero- +? -morphic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?????m??f?k/

• Rhymes: -??(r)f?k

Adjective

xeromorphic (comparative more xeromorphic, superlative most xeromorphic)

1. (biology) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the xerophytes, especially having the ability to store water in leaves and stems.

   Synonym: xeromorphous

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Paronyms

• xenomorphic

English

Etymology

mero- +? -morphic

Adjective

meromorphic (not comparable)

1. (complex analysis, of a function) That is the ratio of two holomorphic functions (and so possibly infinite at a discrete set of points).
   • 1993, Joel L. Schiff, Normal Families, Springer, page 71,

     Normal families of meromorphic functions are most naturally studied using the spherical metric (§1.2), an approach initiated by Ostrowski [1926]. Some results for meromorphic functions, such as the FNT, are immediate extensions from the analytic case, whereas others, such as Landau's or Julia's theorem are set in a much broader context than their analytic counterparts. Normality criteria pertinent to families of meromorphic functions, such as Marty's theorem, have not yet been encountered.

   • 2000, Werner Balser, Formal Power Series and Linear Systems of Meromorphic Ordinary Differential Equations, Springer, page 39,

     Note that such a transformation is holomorphic at the origin, but is essentially singular at infinity. However, since ${\displaystyle T(z)}$ commutes with ${\displaystyle A(z)}$, the transformed system has coefficient matrix ${\displaystyle A(z)-zq'(z)I}$ and hence is again meromorphic at infinity.

   • 2012, Marius van der Put, Michael F. Singer, Galois Theory of Linear Differential Equations, Springer, page 147,

     A point ${\displaystyle p\in P^{1}}$ is singular for ${\displaystyle \textstyle {\frac {d}{dz}}-A}$ if the equation cannot be made regular at ${\displaystyle p}$ with a local meromorphic transformation.

Derived terms

Related terms

• holomorphic
• meromorphism