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Dirichlet's unit theorem

Dirichlet's unit theorem proper noun: a result that determines the rank of an abelian group of the group of units in the ring O_K of algebraic integers of a number field K.

Proper noun

Dirichlet's unit theorem

  1. A result that determines the rank of an abelian group of the group of units in the ring O_K of algebraic integers of a number field K.

Origin of Dirichlet's unit theorem

Due to Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.

Questions about Dirichlet's unit theorem

What does Dirichlet's unit theorem mean?
Dirichlet's unit theorem means a result that determines the rank of an abelian group of the group of units in the ring O_K of algebraic integers of a number field K.
What part of speech is Dirichlet's unit theorem?
Dirichlet's unit theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Dirichlet's unit theorem in the dictionary

  1. Dirichlet process
  2. Dirichlet processes
  3. Dirichlet series
  4. Dirichlet's box principle
  5. Dirichlet's drawer principle
  6. Dirichlet's unit theorem
  7. Dirichletian
  8. dirigation
  9. dirige
  10. dirigent
  11. dirigents

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