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stabilizer subgroup

stabilizer subgroup noun: said of a group acting on a set, and with respect to an element of that set: the subgroup of the given group whose action leaves that element fixed.

Noun

stabilizer subgroup (plural stabilizer subgroups)

  1. Said of a group acting on a set, and with respect to an element of that set: the subgroup of the given group whose action leaves that element fixed.
  2. Said of a group acting on a set, and with respect to a subset of that set: the subgroup of the given group for which the image of the set under the group action is a subset of the original set. Some authors instead define this to be the subgroup of the given group whose action leaves each element of the subset fixed.

Forms of stabilizer subgroup

pluralstabilizer subgroups

Words formed from stabilizer subgroup

Questions about stabilizer subgroup

What does stabilizer subgroup mean?
Stabilizer subgroup means said of a group acting on a set, and with respect to an element of that set: the subgroup of the given group whose action leaves that element fixed.
What part of speech is stabilizer subgroup?
Stabilizer subgroup is a noun.
What is the plural of stabilizer subgroup?
The plural of stabilizer subgroup is stabilizer subgroups.

Words near stabilizer subgroup in the dictionary

  1. stabilization funds
  2. stabilizations
  3. stabilize
  4. stabilized
  5. stabilizer
  6. stabilizer subgroup
  7. stabilizer subgroups
  8. stabilizers
  9. stabilizes
  10. stabilizing
  11. stabilogram

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