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chain complexes

chain complexes is the plural of chain complex.

Meaning of chain complex

Noun

chain complex (plural chain complexes)

  1. A sequence of Abelian groups (or modules), together with a sequence of homomorphisms (called boundary homomorphisms) between consecutive groups, such that the image of one homomorphism is contained in the kernel of the next.

Questions about chain complexes

What is chain complexes the plural of?
Chain complexes is the plural of chain complex.

Words near chain complexes in the dictionary

  1. chain case
  2. chain cases
  3. chain code
  4. chain codes
  5. chain complex
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  7. chain conveyor
  8. chain conveyors
  9. chain dance
  10. chain dances
  11. chain drill

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