In mathematics, a field is a set on which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are defined and behave as the corresponding operations on...
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Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, theories and theorems that are developed and proved for the needs of empirical sciences...
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In mathematics, a near-field is an algebraic structure similar to a division ring, except that it has only one of the two distributive laws. Alternatively...
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and 93 "Compositum", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press, 2001 [1994] Roman, p. 42. Roman, Steven (2006). Field Theory. GTM. Vol. 158. New York: Springer-Verlag...
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Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award honours the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields....
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engineering, economics, and mathematics); adds economics as a field STEMIE (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, invention, and entrepreneurship);...
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In mathematics, the field trace is a particular function defined with respect to a finite field extension L/K, which is a K-linear map from L onto K. Let...
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limited to work in a particular field, such as topology or analysis, while others are given for any type of mathematical contribution. "CRM-SSC Prize in...
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Rational number (redirect from Rational field)
In mathematics, a rational number is a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p q {\displaystyle {\tfrac {p}{q}}} of two integers...
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In mathematics, a ground field is a field K fixed at the beginning of the discussion. It is used in various areas of algebra: In linear algebra, the concept...
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In mathematics, specifically the area of algebraic number theory, a cubic field is an algebraic number field of degree three. If K is a field extension...
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Characteristic (algebra) (redirect from Characteristic of a field)
In mathematics, the characteristic of a ring R, often denoted char(R), is defined to be the smallest positive number of copies of the ring's multiplicative...
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Field theory is the branch of mathematics in which fields are studied. This is a glossary of some terms of the subject. (See field theory (physics) for...
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of the field of discrete mathematics that deals with finite sets, particularly those areas relevant to business. Research in discrete mathematics increased...
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Look up near-field in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Near field may refer to: Near-field (mathematics), an algebraic structure Near-field region, part...
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In mathematics, a field F is algebraically closed if every non-constant polynomial in F[x] (the univariate polynomial ring with coefficients in F) has...
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Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 8 (2nd ed.) Serre, Jean-Pierre (1979), Local fields, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 67 (2 ed.), Springer-Verlag...
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Mathematical Physics defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such...
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Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business,...
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mathematics, a quasi-finite field is a generalisation of a finite field. Standard local class field theory usually deals with complete valued fields whose...
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There are various mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field that are used in the study of electromagnetism, one of the four fundamental interactions...
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In mathematics, an algebraic number field (or simply number field) is an extension field K {\displaystyle K} of the field of rational numbers Q {\displaystyle...
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field, assignment of a tensor to each point in a mathematical space Vector field, assignment of a vector to each point in a mathematical space Field of...
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In mathematics, a pseudo-finite field F is an infinite model of the first-order theory of finite fields. This is equivalent to the condition that F is...
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In mathematics, an exponential field is a field with a further unary operation that is a homomorphism from the field's additive group to its multiplicative...
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In mathematics, a Euclidean field is an ordered field K for which every non-negative element is a square: that is, x ≥ 0 in K implies that x = y2 for some...
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In mathematics, a field K is called a non-Archimedean local field if it is complete with respect to a metric induced by a discrete valuation v and if its...
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In mathematics, a quadratically closed field is a field of characteristic not equal to 2 in which every element has a square root. The field of complex...
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In mathematics, a field F is called quasi-algebraically closed (or C1) if every non-constant homogeneous polynomial P over F has a non-trivial zero provided...
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In mathematics, in particular in field theory and real algebra, a formally real field is a field that can be equipped with a (not necessarily unique)...
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