Wronskian
Wronskian
[′vrän·skē·ən]Wronskian
a functional determinant composed of n functions f1(x), f2(x)....,fn(x) and their derivatives up to the order n - 1 inclusive:
The vanishment of the Wrońskian [W(x) = 0] is a necessary and, under certain additional assumptions, a sufficient condition for the linear dependence between the given n functions, differentiated n - 1 times. Based on this, the Wrońskian is used in the theory of linear differential equations. The Wrońskian was introduced by J. Wroński in 1812.