Meanings
abelian group1
plural abelian groups · alternative Abelian group
- algebraA group in which the group operation is commutative.
2000, David Arnold, Abelian Groups and Representations of Finite Partially Ordered Sets, Springer, Softcover reprint of 1st edition, page 74, Chapter 2 is a brief introduction to some fundamental techniques for countable torsion-free abelian groups.
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1986, Partially Ordered Abelian Groups with Interpolation, American Mathematical Society, 2010 softcover reprint, page 12, Let G and H be partially ordered abelian groups. A positive homomorphism from G to H is any abelian group homomorphism f:G→H that maps positive elements to positive elements, that is, f(G⁺)⊆H⁺.
By the end of Chapter 2 we had the full power of the Pontryagin Duality Theorem for compact abelian groups and for discrete abelian groups. Locally compact abelian groups are much closer to compact abelian groups than is apparent at first sight.
2013, Karl H. Hofmann, Sidney A. Morris, The Structure of Compact Groups: A Primer for the Student: A Handbook for the Expert, Walter de Gruyter, page 299Synonyms: commutative group
Abelian group2
plural Abelian groups
- Alternative letter-case form of abelian group.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA group in which the group operation is commutative.
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Origin
Named in honour of Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), a Norwegian mathematician.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 阿貝爾群 /阿贝尔群
- 阿貝爾群 /阿贝尔群 (Ābèi'ěr qún)group in which the group operation is commutative
Czech abelovská grupa
- abelovská grupagroup in which the group operation is commutative
Dutch Abelse groep, Abelse ring
- Abelse groepgroup in which the group operation is commutative
- Abelse ringgroup in which the group operation is commutative
Esperanto abela grupo, komuta grupo
- abela grupogroup in which the group operation is commutative
- komuta grupogroup in which the group operation is commutative
Estonian Abeli rühm
- Abeli rühmgroup in which the group operation is commutative
Finnish Abelin ryhmä
- Abelin ryhmägroup in which the group operation is commutative
French groupe abélien, groupe commutatif
- groupe abéliengroup in which the group operation is commutative
- groupe commutatifgroup in which the group operation is commutative
German abelsche Gruppe, kommutative Gruppe
- abelsche Gruppegroup in which the group operation is commutative
- kommutative Gruppegroup in which the group operation is commutative
Greek αβελιανή ομάδα
- αβελιανή ομάδα (avelianí omáda)group in which the group operation is commutative
Hungarian Abel-csoport
- Abel-csoportgroup in which the group operation is commutative
Icelandic Abel-grúpa, víxlgrúpa
- Abel-grúpagroup in which the group operation is commutative
- víxlgrúpagroup in which the group operation is commutative
- abelsk grúpagroup in which the group operation is commutative
- víxlin grúpagroup in which the group operation is commutative
Italian gruppo abeliano
- gruppo abelianogroup in which the group operation is commutative
Japanese アーベル群
- アーベル群 (Āberu-gun)group in which the group operation is commutative
Norwegian Bokmål abelsk gruppe
- abelsk gruppegroup in which the group operation is commutative
Polish grupa przemienna, grupa abelowa
- grupa przemiennagroup in which the group operation is commutative
- grupa abelowagroup in which the group operation is commutative
Portuguese grupo abeliano
- grupo abelianogroup in which the group operation is commutative
Romanian grup abelian, grup comutativ
- grup abeliangroup in which the group operation is commutative
- grup comutativgroup in which the group operation is commutative
Russian а́белева гру́ппа
- а́белева гру́ппа (ábeleva grúppa)group in which the group operation is commutative
Spanish grupo abeliano
- grupo abelianogroup in which the group operation is commutative
Swedish abelsk grupp, kommutativ grupp
- abelsk gruppgroup in which the group operation is commutative
- kommutativ gruppgroup in which the group operation is commutative
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