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Meaning of algebraic number field | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A field which includes the rational numbers and has finite dimension as a vector space over the rational numbers.

Equivalents

Deutsch Zahlenkörper
Suomi lukukunta

Examples

The study of algebraic number fields, and, more generally, of algebraic extensions of the field of rational numbers, is the central topic of algebraic number theory.”
Although we shall be concerned in the sequel only with quadratic fields, we shall nevertheless begin with a short discussion of the more general concept of an algebraic number field.”
“In this section we consider the maximal order of an algebraic number field and discuss the most important consequences which follow from the fact of it being a Dedekind ring.”
“2006, Andres Iglesias, Nobuki Takayama (editors), Mathematical Software - ICMS 2006: 2nd International Congress, Proceedings, Masayuki Noro, An Efficient Implementation for Computing Gröbner Bases over Algebraic Number Fields, Springer, LNCS 4151, page 99, If the operations over an algebraic number field are provided, we can apply [the] usual Buchberger algorithm over the field.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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