algebra

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.

   “Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not only vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.”

2. isim Abstract algebra: A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside analysis) loosely characterized by its concern for abstraction and symmetry, dealing with the behavior, classification, and application of a large class of objects (called algebraic structures) and the maps between them (called, most generally, morphisms).
3. isim A universal algebra.
4. isim An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.
5. isim A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
6. isim A system or process (especially one that is complex or convoluted) that substitutes one thing for another, or uses signs or symbols to represent concepts or ideas.

   “Fly ! Fly ! avaunt with that base cowardly gibbrish ; That Algebra of honour ; which had never Been nam'd, if all had equal courage—what?”

7. isim The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.

   “Algebra is used today by surgeons to mean bone-setting, i.e. the restoration of bones, and the idea of restoration is present in the mathematical context, too.”