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Hyper-finite Field
In mathematics, a hyper-finite field is an uncountable field similar in many ways to finite fields. More precisely a field ''F'' is called hyper-finite if it is uncountable and quasi-finite, and for every subfield ''E'', every absolutely entire ''E''-algebra (regular field extension of ''E'') of smaller cardinality than ''F'' can be embedded in ''F''. They were introduced by . Every hyper-finite field is a pseudo-finite field In mathematics, a pseudo-finite field ''F'' is an infinite model of the first-order theory of finite fields. This is equivalent to the condition that ''F'' is quasi-finite (perfect with a unique extension of every positive degree) and pseudo al ..., and is in particular a model for the first-order theory of finite fields. References * Field (mathematics) {{Abstract-algebra-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, respectively. There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline. Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them. These objects consist of either abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicsentities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. A ''proof'' consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results. These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, andin case of abstraction from naturesome basic properties that are considered true starting points of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncountable Set
In mathematics, an uncountable set (or uncountably infinite set) is an infinite set that contains too many elements to be countable. The uncountability of a set is closely related to its cardinal number: a set is uncountable if its cardinal number is larger than that of the set of all natural numbers. Characterizations There are many equivalent characterizations of uncountability. A set ''X'' is uncountable if and only if any of the following conditions hold: * There is no injective function (hence no bijection) from ''X'' to the set of natural numbers. * ''X'' is nonempty and for every ω-sequence of elements of ''X'', there exists at least one element of X not included in it. That is, ''X'' is nonempty and there is no surjective function from the natural numbers to ''X''. * The cardinality of ''X'' is neither finite nor equal to \aleph_0 (aleph-null, the cardinality of the natural numbers). * The set ''X'' has cardinality strictly greater than \aleph_0. The first three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field (mathematics)
In mathematics, a field is a set on which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are defined and behave as the corresponding operations on rational and real numbers do. A field is thus a fundamental algebraic structure which is widely used in algebra, number theory, and many other areas of mathematics. The best known fields are the field of rational numbers, the field of real numbers and the field of complex numbers. Many other fields, such as fields of rational functions, algebraic function fields, algebraic number fields, and ''p''-adic fields are commonly used and studied in mathematics, particularly in number theory and algebraic geometry. Most cryptographic protocols rely on finite fields, i.e., fields with finitely many elements. The relation of two fields is expressed by the notion of a field extension. Galois theory, initiated by Évariste Galois in the 1830s, is devoted to understanding the symmetries of field extensions. Among other results, thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finite Field
In mathematics, a finite field or Galois field (so-named in honor of Évariste Galois) is a field that contains a finite number of elements. As with any field, a finite field is a set on which the operations of multiplication, addition, subtraction and division are defined and satisfy certain basic rules. The most common examples of finite fields are given by the integers mod when is a prime number. The ''order'' of a finite field is its number of elements, which is either a prime number or a prime power. For every prime number and every positive integer there are fields of order p^k, all of which are isomorphic. Finite fields are fundamental in a number of areas of mathematics and computer science, including number theory, algebraic geometry, Galois theory, finite geometry, cryptography and coding theory. Properties A finite field is a finite set which is a field; this means that multiplication, addition, subtraction and division (excluding division by zero) are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quasi-finite Field
In mathematics, a quasi-finite field is a generalisation of a finite field. Standard local class field theory usually deals with complete valued fields whose residue field is ''finite'' (i.e. non-archimedean local fields), but the theory applies equally well when the residue field is only assumed quasi-finite. Formal definition A quasi-finite field is a perfect field ''K'' together with an isomorphism of topological groups : \phi : \hat \to \operatorname(K_s/K), where ''K''''s'' is an algebraic closure of ''K'' (necessarily separable because ''K'' is perfect). The field extension ''K''''s''/''K'' is infinite, and the Galois group is accordingly given the Krull topology. The group \widehat is the profinite completion of integers with respect to its subgroups of finite index. This definition is equivalent to saying that ''K'' has a unique (necessarily cyclic) extension ''K''''n'' of degree ''n'' for each integer ''n'' ≥ 1, and that the union of these extensions is equal to ''K''' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Field Extension
In field theory, a branch of algebra, a field extension L/k is said to be regular if ''k'' is algebraically closed in ''L'' (i.e., k = \hat k where \hat k is the set of elements in ''L'' algebraic over ''k'') and ''L'' is separable over ''k'', or equivalently, L \otimes_k \overline is an integral domain when \overline is the algebraic closure of k (that is, to say, L, \overline are linearly disjoint over ''k'').Fried & Jarden (2008) p.38Cohn (2003) p.425 Properties * Regularity is transitive: if ''F''/''E'' and ''E''/''K'' are regular then so is ''F''/''K''.Fried & Jarden (2008) p.39 * If ''F''/''K'' is regular then so is ''E''/''K'' for any ''E'' between ''F'' and ''K''. * The extension ''L''/''k'' is regular if and only if every subfield of ''L'' finitely generated over ''k'' is regular over ''k''. * Any extension of an algebraically closed field is regular.Cohn (2003) p.426 * An extension is regular if and only if it is separable and primary.Fried & Jarden (2008) p.44 * A pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinality
In mathematics, the cardinality of a set is a measure of the number of elements of the set. For example, the set A = \ contains 3 elements, and therefore A has a cardinality of 3. Beginning in the late 19th century, this concept was generalized to infinite sets, which allows one to distinguish between different types of infinity, and to perform arithmetic on them. There are two approaches to cardinality: one which compares sets directly using bijections and injections, and another which uses cardinal numbers. The cardinality of a set is also called its size, when no confusion with other notions of size is possible. The cardinality of a set A is usually denoted , A, , with a vertical bar on each side; this is the same notation as absolute value, and the meaning depends on context. The cardinality of a set A may alternatively be denoted by n(A), , \operatorname(A), or \#A. History A crude sense of cardinality, an awareness that groups of things or events compare with other grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudo-finite Field
In mathematics, a pseudo-finite field ''F'' is an infinite model of the first-order theory of finite fields. This is equivalent to the condition that ''F'' is quasi-finite (perfect with a unique extension of every positive degree) and pseudo algebraically closed (every absolutely irreducible variety over ''F'' has a point defined over ''F''). Every hyperfinite field is pseudo-finite and every pseudo-finite field is quasifinite. Every non-principal ultraproduct of finite fields is pseudo-finite. Pseudo-finite fields were introduced by . References * * {{citation , last1=Fried , first1=Michael D. , last2=Jarden , first2=Moshe , title=Field arithmetic , edition=3rd revised , series=Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge , volume=11 , publisher=Springer-Verlag Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annals Of Mathematics
The ''Annals of Mathematics'' is a mathematical journal published every two months by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. History The journal was established as ''The Analyst'' in 1874 and with Joel E. Hendricks as the founding editor-in-chief. It was "intended to afford a medium for the presentation and analysis of any and all questions of interest or importance in pure and applied Mathematics, embracing especially all new and interesting discoveries in theoretical and practical astronomy, mechanical philosophy, and engineering". It was published in Des Moines, Iowa, and was the earliest American mathematics journal to be published continuously for more than a year or two. This incarnation of the journal ceased publication after its tenth year, in 1883, giving as an explanation Hendricks' declining health, but Hendricks made arrangements to have it taken over by new management, and it was continued from March 1884 as the ''Annals of Mathematics''. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
