In universal algebra and mathematical logic, a term algebra is a freely generated algebraic structure over a given signature. For example, in a signature...
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universal algebra, an algebraic structure is called an algebra; this term may be ambiguous, since, in other contexts, an algebra is an algebraic structure...
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mathematics, an algebra over a field (often simply called an algebra) is a vector space equipped with a bilinear product. Thus, an algebra is an algebraic structure...
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"algebra" can also refer to other algebraic structures, like a Lie algebra or an associative algebra. The word algebra comes from the Arabic term الجبر...
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the term Boolean algebra was first suggested by Henry M. Sheffer in 1913, although Charles Sanders Peirce gave the title "A Boolian [sic] Algebra with...
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polynomial, or a series, a special case of a summand Term algebra, a freely generated algebraic structure Term logic, an approach to logic that began with Aristotle...
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the event of a dispute. The term "algebraic notation" may be considered a misnomer, as the system is unrelated to algebra. Each square of the board is...
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algebra (sometimes called general algebra) is the field of mathematics that studies algebraic structures in general, not specific types of algebraic structures...
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Al-Khwarizmi (section Algebra)
equation), he has been described as the father or founder of algebra. The English term algebra comes from the short-hand title of his aforementioned treatise...
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elements. Algebraic structures include groups, rings, fields, modules, vector spaces, lattices, and algebras over a field. The term abstract algebra was coined...
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reasons, the term B*-algebra is rarely used in current terminology, and has been replaced by the term 'C*-algebra'. The term C*-algebra was introduced...
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In mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra known as ring theory, a free algebra is the noncommutative analogue of a polynomial ring since...
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multivariate polynomial equation over the rationals. For many authors, the term algebraic equation refers only to the univariate case, that is polynomial equations...
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Field of sets (redirect from Set algebra)
Similarly the term "algebra over X {\displaystyle X} " is used in the sense of a Boolean algebra and should not be confused with algebras over fields or...
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algebraic statistics has been associated with the design of experiments and multivariate analysis (especially time series). In recent years, the term...
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important in, for example, term rewriting. Given a signature for the function symbols, the set of all terms forms the free term algebra. The set of all ground...
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to the same set. The term algebraic operation may also be used for operations that may be defined by compounding basic algebraic operations, such as the...
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article we will also use the term K-algebra to mean an associative algebra over K. A standard first example of a K-algebra is a ring of square matrices...
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Algebra can essentially be considered as doing computations similar to those of arithmetic but with non-numerical mathematical objects. However, until...
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of a function Domain theory Interpretation (logic) Quantifier (logic) Term algebra Universe (mathematics) Corcoran, John. Universe of discourse. Cambridge...
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{b^{2}-4ac}}}{2a}}}}}} Elementary algebra, also known as high school algebra or college algebra, encompasses the basic concepts of algebra. It is often contrasted...
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Rewriting (redirect from Term rewriting)
objects are sequences of symbols, the objects of a term rewriting system form a term algebra. A term can be visualized as a tree of symbols, the set of...
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field is algebraically closed if the fundamental theorem of algebra holds for it. Every field K {\displaystyle K} is contained in an algebraically closed...
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Substitution (logic) (redirect from Substitution (algebra))
Leeuwen (ed.). Algebraic Specification. Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science. Vol. B. Elsevier. pp. 675–788., here: p. 682. From a term algebra point of...
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Homological algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies homology in a general algebraic setting. It is a relatively young discipline, whose origins...
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In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, an operator algebra is an algebra of continuous linear operators on a topological vector space, with...
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Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as a 1 x 1 + ⋯ + a n x n = b , {\displaystyle a_{1}x_{1}+\cdots +a_{n}x_{n}=b...
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geometric algebra (also known as a Clifford algebra) is an algebra that can represent and manipulate geometrical objects such as vectors. Geometric algebra is...
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Ring (mathematics) (redirect from Ring (algebra))
In mathematics, a ring is an algebraic structure consisting of a set with two binary operations called addition and multiplication, which obey the same...
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Mathematics (section Algebra)
areas of mathematics, which include number theory (the study of numbers), algebra (the study of formulas and related structures), geometry (the study of...
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