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representation theory

representation theory noun: a branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebraic structures by representing their elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies modules over these abstract algebraic structures.

Noun

representation theory (countable and uncountable, plural representation theories)

  1. A branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebraic structures by representing their elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies modules over these abstract algebraic structures.
    • 1989 [Clarendon Press], Robert J. Baston, Michael G. Eastwood, The Penrose Transform: Its Interaction with Representation Theory, 2016 Dover edition.
    • As an application, we describe in detail the way to specialize general results to the representation theory of the symmetric group and to classical invariant theory.2005, Andrea Brini, Francesco Regonati, Antonio Teolis, Combinatorics and Representation Theory of Lie Superalgebras over Letterplace Superalgebras, Hongbo Li, Peter J. Olver, Gerald Sommer...

representation theory meaning in Tamil

representation theory in Tamil

உருமாதிரியாக்கக் கோட்பாடு

Forms of representation theory

pluralrepresentation theories

Questions about representation theory

What does representation theory mean?
Representation theory means a branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebraic structures by representing their elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies modules over these abstract algebraic structures.
What is representation theory in Tamil?
Representation theory in Tamil is உருமாதிரியாக்கக் கோட்பாடு. See Representation theory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is representation theory?
Representation theory is a noun.
What is the plural of representation theory?
The plural of representation theory is representation theories.

Words near representation theory in the dictionary

  1. representation term
  2. representation terms
  3. representation theories
  4. representation theorist
  5. representation theorists
  6. representation theory
  7. representational
  8. representational state transfer
  9. representational state transfers
  10. representationalism
  11. representationalisms

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