Symplectic

Origin

Calque of complex, by Hermann Weyl. Complex comes from the Latin complexus ("braided together") (from com- ("together") + plectere ("to weave, braid")), while symplectic comes from the corresponding Ancient Greek sym-plektos (συμ, variant of σύν + πλεκτικός, from πλέκω). In both cases the suffix comes from Proto-Indo-European *plek-.

Previously, the “symplectic group” had been called the “line complex group”.

Full definition of symplectic

Adjective

1. (mathematics) Describing the geometry of differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form