# Tschirnhaus transformation

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of mapping on polynomials that may be defined by means of field theory as the transformation on minimal polynomials implied by a different choice of primitive element.

## Etymology
Developed by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus in 1683.

## Source
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