Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

k-algebra

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: k-al-ge-bra
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An algebra over a field; a ring with identity together with an injective ring homomorphism from a field, k, to the ring such that the image of the field is a subset of the center of the ring and such that the image of the field’s unity is the ring’s unity.

Example Sentences

"A k'''-algebra A with ring homomorphism ϕ:k→A is a k-vector space with scalar multiplication (i.e., action of k upon A): λ·a=ϕ(λ)a where λ∈k,a∈A."

Inflected Forms

k-algebras (plural)

Synonyms

algebra over a field

Questions

What does k-algebra mean?: An algebra over a field; a ring with identity together with an injective ring homomorphism from a field, k, to the ring such that the image of the field is a subset of the center of the ring and such that the image of the field’s unity is the ring’s unity.

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