algebraic group

Noun

algebraic group (plural algebraic groups)

1. A group that is an algebraic variety.
   • The purpose of this article is to discuss various results concerning the subgroups of simple algebraic groups G and of the corresponding finite groups of Lie type G^F (where F is a Frobenius morphism).1998, Martin W. Liebeck, “Introduction to the subgroup structure of algebraic groups”, in Roger William Carter, Meinolf Geck, H. K. Moffatt, editors, Representations of Reductive Groups, Cambridge...
   • We begin by showing how to make the quotient of an affine algebraic group by a normal algebraic subgroup into an affine algebraic group, and we determine the structure of commutative affine algebraic groups.1998, Roe Goodman, Nolan R. Wallach, Representations and Invariants of the Classical Groups, Cambridge University Press, page 464

   Synonyms:

   group variety