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quadratic fields

quadratic fields is the plural of quadratic field.

Meaning of quadratic field

Noun

quadratic field (plural quadratic fields)

  1. (algebraic number theory) A number field that is an extension field of degree two over the rational numbers.
    • In a quadratic field mathbf Q(√), D a squarefree integer, with class number 1 any algebraic integer can be decomposed uniquely into primes but for only 21 domains Euclidean algorithms are known.1985, Erich Kaltofen, Heinrich Rolletschek, Arithmetic in Quadratic Fields with Unique Factorization, Bob F. Caviness (editor), EUROCAL '85: European Conference on Computer Algebra, Proceedings...

Questions about quadratic fields

What is quadratic fields the plural of?
Quadratic fields is the plural of quadratic field.

Words near quadratic fields in the dictionary

  1. quadratic
  2. quadratic acid
  3. quadratic equation
  4. quadratic equations
  5. quadratic field
  6. quadratic fields
  7. quadratic form
  8. quadratic forms
  9. quadratic formula
  10. quadratic formulae
  11. quadratic formulas

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