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  2. Like terms - Wikipedia

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    As this example shows, when like terms exist in an expression, they may be combined by adding or subtracting (whatever the expression indicates) the coefficients, and maintaining the common factor of both terms. Such combination is called combining like terms or collecting like terms, and it is an important tool used for solving equations.

  3. Expression (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Unlike with functions, notational ambiguities can be overcome by means of additional definitions (e.g., rules of precedence, associativity of the operator). For example, in the programming language C , the operator - for subtraction is left-to-right-associative , which means that a-b-c is defined as (a-b)-c , and the operator = for assignment ...

  4. Algebraic geometry - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometrical problems.Classically, it studies zeros of multivariate polynomials; the modern approach generalizes this in a few different aspects.

  5. Glossary of classical algebraic geometry - Wikipedia

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    A plane conic passing through the circular points at infinity. For real projective geometry this is much the same as a circle in the usual sense, but for complex projective geometry it is different: for example, circles have underlying topological spaces given by a 2-sphere rather than a 1-sphere. circuit A component of a real algebraic curve.

  6. Straightedge and compass construction - Wikipedia

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    For example, using a compass, straightedge, and a piece of paper on which we have the parabola y=x 2 together with the points (0,0) and (1,0), one can construct any complex number that has a solid construction. Likewise, a tool that can draw any ellipse with already constructed foci and major axis (think two pins and a piece of string) is just ...

  7. Glossary of algebraic geometry - Wikipedia

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    In more fancy terms, affine morphisms are defined by the global Spec construction for sheaves of O X-Algebras, defined by analogy with the spectrum of a ring. Important affine morphisms are vector bundles, and finite morphisms. 5. The affine cone over a closed subvariety X of a projective space is the Spec of the homogeneous coordinate ring of X.

  8. List of theorems - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable theorems.Lists of theorems and similar statements include: List of algebras; List of algorithms; List of axioms; List of conjectures

  9. Scheme (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, specifically algebraic geometry, a scheme is a structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities (the equations x = 0 and x 2 = 0 define the same algebraic variety but different schemes) and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring (for example, Fermat curves are defined over the integers).