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  1. semifieldnoun

    An algebraic structure with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, similar to the field but with some axioms relaxed.

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  1. Semifield

    In mathematics, a semifield is an algebraic structure with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, which is similar to a field, but with some axioms relaxed.

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  1. Semifield

    In mathematics, a semifield is an algebraic structure with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, which is similar to a field, but with some axioms relaxed. There are at least two conflicting conventions of what constitutes a semifield. ⁕In projective geometry and finite geometry, a semifield is the analogue of a division algebra, but defined over the integers Z rather than over a field. More precisely, it is a Z-algebra whose nonzero elements form a loop under multiplication. In other words, a semifield is a set S with two operations + and ·, such that ⁕ is an abelian group, ⁕multiplication is distributive on both the left and right, ⁕there exists a multiplicative identity element, and ⁕division is always possible: for every a and every nonzero b in S, there exist unique x and y in S for which b·x = a and y·b = a. ⁕In ring theory, combinatorics, functional analysis, and theoretical computer science, a semifield is a semiring in which all elements have a multiplicative inverse. These objects are also called proper semifields. A variation of this definition arises if S contains an absorbing zero that is different from the multiplicative unit e, it is required that the non-zero elements be invertible, and a·0 = 0·a = 0. Since multiplication is associative, the elements of a semifield form a group. However, the pair is only a semigroup, i.e. additive inverse need not exist, or, colloquially, 'there is no subtraction'. Sometimes, it is not assumed that the multiplication is associative.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of semifield in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of semifield in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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