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Henselian

Henselian adjective: which satisfies the criteria for (some formulation of) Hensel's lemma.

Adjective

Henselian (not comparable)

  1. Which satisfies the criteria for (some formulation of) Hensel's lemma.
    • A local ring satisfying conditions (H) and (C) is called Henselian. Every complete Hausdorff local ring is Henselian. If A is Henselian and B is a commutative A-algebra which is a local ring and a finitely generated A-module, then B is Henselian.1989, N. Bourbaki, Commutative Algebra: Chapters 1-7, [1985, N. Bourbaki, Éléments de Mathématique Algébre Commutative 1-4 et 5-7, Masson], Springer, page 256
    • An analogous result holds for Henselian fields. Recall that a field K is said to be Henselian with respect to a valuation v if v has a unique extension (also denoted v) to every algebraic extension of K.[…]It follows that every algebraic extension of an^([sic]) Henselian field K is Henselian.
    • […] Every valued field (K,v) has a minimal separable algebraic extension (K#95;v,v) which is Henselian. The valued field is unique up to a K-isomorphism and is called the Henselian closure of (K,v) [Ribenboim, p. 176].2008, Michael D. Fried, Moshe Jarden, Field Arithmetic, 3rd edition, Springer, page 203

Forms of Henselian

alternative formhenselian

Origin of Henselian

From Hensel (surname) + -ian; after German mathematician Kurt Hensel (1861–1941).

Questions about Henselian

What does Henselian mean?
Henselian means which satisfies the criteria for (some formulation of) Hensel's lemma.
What part of speech is Henselian?
Henselian is an adjective.

Words near Henselian in the dictionary

  1. Henschel
  2. Henschels
  3. Henschen
  4. Henschens
  5. Hensel
  6. Henselian
  7. Hensels
  8. Hensen
  9. Hensens
  10. Henshall
  11. Henshalls

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