Map algebra is an algebra for manipulating geographic data, primarily fields. Developed by Dr. Dana Tomlin and others in the late 1970s, it is a set of...
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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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In mathematics, an associative algebra A over a commutative ring (often a field) K is a ring A together with a ring homomorphism from K into the center...
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In mathematics, a Lie algebra (pronounced /liː/ LEE) is a vector space g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} together with an operation called the Lie bracket...
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also called a regular map. A morphism from an algebraic variety to the affine line is also called a regular function. A regular map whose inverse is also...
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algebra, an interior algebra is a certain type of algebraic structure that encodes the idea of the topological interior of a set. Interior algebras are...
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Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems...
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mathematics, and more specifically in abstract algebra, a *-algebra (or involutive algebra; read as "star-algebra") is a mathematical structure consisting of...
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linear map f from V to a commutative algebra A, there is a unique algebra homomorphism g : S(V) → A such that f = g ∘ i, where i is the inclusion map of V...
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mathematics, a Clifford algebra is an algebra generated by a vector space with a quadratic form, and is a unital associative algebra with the additional structure...
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In the theory of Lie groups, the exponential map is a map from the Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} of a Lie group G {\displaystyle G} to...
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Dana Tomlin (section Map algebra)
and originator of Map Algebra, a vocabulary and conceptual framework for classifying ways to combine map data to produce new maps. Tomlin's teaching...
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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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derivation is a function on an algebra that generalizes certain features of the derivative operator. Specifically, given an algebra A over a ring or a field...
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mathematics, specifically in functional analysis, a C∗-algebra (pronounced "C-star") is a Banach algebra together with an involution satisfying the properties...
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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 mathematics, the exterior algebra or Grassmann algebra of a vector space V {\displaystyle V} is an associative algebra that contains V , {\displaystyle...
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Chain complex (redirect from Complex (in homological algebra))
called its cohomology. In algebraic topology, the singular chain complex of a topological space X is constructed using continuous maps from a simplex to X,...
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In linear algebra, the trace of a square matrix A, denoted tr(A), is the sum of the elements on its main diagonal, a 11 + a 22 + ⋯ + a n n {\displaystyle...
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A non-associative algebra (or distributive algebra) is an algebra over a field where the binary multiplication operation is not assumed to be associative...
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"linear transformation" in linear algebra, etc. Some authors, such as Serge Lang, use "function" only to refer to maps in which the codomain is a set of...
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phenomenology. Formally, a Hopf algebra is an (associative and coassociative) bialgebra H over a field K together with a K-linear map S: H → H (called the antipode)...
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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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In mathematics, the tensor algebra of a vector space V, denoted T(V) or T•(V), is the algebra of tensors on V (of any rank) with multiplication being the...
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Gelfand representation (redirect from C*-algebra representation)
representing commutative Banach algebras as algebras of continuous functions; the fact that for commutative C*-algebras, this representation is an isometric...
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representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra as a set of matrices (or endomorphisms...
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Finite morphism (redirect from Finite map (algebraic geometry))
In algebraic geometry, a finite morphism between two affine varieties X , Y {\displaystyle X,Y} is a dense regular map which induces isomorphic inclusion...
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a σ-algebra ("sigma algebra") is part of the formalism for defining sets that can be measured. In calculus and analysis, for example, σ-algebras are used...
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In abstract algebra, an alternative algebra is an algebra in which multiplication need not be associative, only alternative. That is, one must have x...
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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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