HOMOMORPHISM


Meaning of HOMOMORPHISM in English

Pronunciation: ˌ h ō -m ə - ' mo ̇ r- ˌ fi-z ə m, ˌ hä-

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1935

: a mapping of a mathematical set (as a group, ring, or vector space) into or onto another set or itself in such a way that the result obtained by applying the operations to elements of the first set is mapped onto the result obtained by applying the corresponding operations to their respective images in the second set

– ho · mo · mor · phic \ -fik \ adjective

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