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  2. Algebraic function field - Wikipedia

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    The algebraic function fields over k form a category; the morphisms from function field K to L are the ring homomorphisms f : K → L with f(a) = a for all a in k. All these morphisms are injective. If K is a function field over k of n variables, and L is a function field in m variables, and n > m, then there are no morphisms from K to L.

  3. Field (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a field is a set on which addition, subtraction, ... The function field is invariant under isomorphism and birational equivalence of varieties.

  4. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Functions are widely used in science, engineering, and in most fields of mathematics. It has been said that functions are "the central objects of investigation" in most fields of mathematics. [5] The concept of a function has evolved significantly over centuries, from its informal origins in ancient mathematics to its formalization in the 19th ...

  5. Global field - Wikipedia

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    A global field is one of the following: An algebraic number field. An algebraic number field F is a finite (and hence algebraic) field extension of the field of rational numbers Q. Thus F is a field that contains Q and has finite dimension when considered as a vector space over Q. The function field of an irreducible algebraic curve over a ...

  6. Glossary of field theory - Wikipedia

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    Global field A number field or a function field of one variable over a finite field. Local field A completion of some global field (w.r.t. a prime of the integer ring). Complete field A field complete w.r.t. to some valuation. Pseudo algebraically closed field A field in which every variety has a rational point. [2] Henselian field

  7. Field extension - Wikipedia

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    Given a field K, we can consider the field K(X) of all rational functions in the variable X with coefficients in K; the elements of K(X) are fractions of two polynomials over K, and indeed K(X) is the field of fractions of the polynomial ring K[X]. This field of rational functions is an extension field of K. This extension is infinite.

  8. List of mathematical functions - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, some functions or groups of functions are important enough to deserve their own names. This is a listing of articles which explain some of these functions in more detail. There is a large theory of special functions which developed out of statistics and mathematical physics.

  9. Function field (scheme theory) - Wikipedia

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    The sheaf of rational functions K X of a scheme X is the generalization to scheme theory of the notion of function field of an algebraic variety in classical algebraic geometry. In the case of algebraic varieties , such a sheaf associates to each open set U the ring of all rational functions on that open set; in other words, K X ( U ) is the ...