Van Wyk's 430
Definition Quiz Terms
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empty set, subset, Cartesian product, relation, function/map, domain,
codomain, range, cardinality, one-to-one, onto, one-to-one correspondence,
inverse function, partition, cells, equivalence relation, equivalence
class
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| 1 |
complex numbers, absolute value of a complex number, Euler's formula,
nth root of unity
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| 2 |
binary operation, closure of a subset, commutative binary operation,
associative binary operation
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| 3 |
binary algebraic structure, isomorphism of binary algebraic
structures, structural property of a binary algebraic structure,
identity element for a binary operation
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| 4 |
group, general linear group of degree n, left/right cancellation
law, left/right identity element, left/right inverse
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| 5 |
order of a group, subgroup, proper/improper subgroup,
trivial/nontrivial subgroup
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| 6 |
cyclic group/subgroup, generator for a cyclic group/subgroup, Division
Algorithm for the integers, greatest common divisor of two positive
integers, relatively prime integers
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| 7 |
generators of a group/subgroup, intersection of an indexed collection
of sets, finitely generated group/subgroup, digraph
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| 8 |
permutation of a set, the symmetric group on n letters, the
nth dihedral group, the image of a subset under a function
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| 9 |
orbit of a permutation, cycle, length of a cycle, disjoint cycles,
transposition, even/odd permutation, alternating group of n
letters
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| 10 |
left/right coset of a subgroup, index of a subgroup in a group
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| 11 |
Cartesian product of finitely many sets, direct product/sum of finitely
many groups, least common multiple of finitely many integers,
decomposable/indecomposable group
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| 13 |
homomorphism, image of a set under a function, range of a function,
inverse image of a set under a function, kernel of a homomorphism,
normal subgroup
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| 14 |
normal subgroup, factor (quotient) group of G by H, automorphism, inner
automorphism of G by g, conjugation of x by g
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| 18 |
ring, direct product of rings, ring homomorphism, ring isomorphism,
commutative ring, unity, ring with unity, unit, division ring, field,
subring, subfield
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| 19 |
divisor of 0, cancellation laws, integral domain, characteristic of a
ring
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| 21 |
This section is not suited to a definition quiz. instead, be prepared
to explain what this section is all about.
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| 22 |
polynomial with coefficients in a ring R, ring of polynomials in two
indeterminants x and y with coefficients in R, field of rational functions
in n indeterminants over a field F, commensurable distances
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| 23 |
the division algorithm for F[x], the factor theorem, irreducible
polynomial in F[x], reducible polynomial in F[x], Eisenstein Criterion, pth
cyclotomic polynomial
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