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affine varieties

affine varieties is the plural of affine variety.

Meaning of affine variety

Noun

affine variety (plural affine varieties)

  1. A set of points (in n-dimensional space) which satisfy a set of equations which have a polynomial of n variables on one side and a zero on the other side.
    Synonyms:
    affine algebraic variety

Questions about affine varieties

What is affine varieties the plural of?
Affine varieties is the plural of affine variety.

Words near affine varieties in the dictionary

  1. affine spaces
  2. affine span
  3. affine spans
  4. affine transformation
  5. affine transformations
  6. affine varieties
  7. affine variety
  8. affined
  9. affinely
  10. affinely independent
  11. affineness

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