Definition of abelian in English:
abelian
adjectiveəˈbiːlɪənəˈbēlyən
Mathematics (of a group) having members related by a commutative operation (i.e. a*b = b*a).
Example sentencesExamples
- Herbrand also worked on field theory considering abelian extensions of algebraic number fields.
- Galois, after reading Abel and Jacobi's work, worked on the theory of elliptic functions and abelian integrals.
- In 1925 he proved the Krull-Schmidt theorem for decomposing abelian groups of operators.
- In the same year he generalised von Neumann's spectral theorem to locally compact abelian groups.
- He does provide an example of the decomposition of an abelian group into cosets of a subgroup.
- After submitting a thesis on abelian functions, he received his doctorate in 1895 from the University of Strasbourg.
- Schreier showed that the fundamental group of such a space is always abelian.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from N. H. Abel (see Abel, Niels Henrik) + -ian.