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A quantity from which another (the subtrahend) is subtracted.

If the first case of Fermat's last theorem is false for the prime exponent p, then 3^(p-1)=1 (mod p^2).

The symmetry operation (x,y,z)->(x,y,-z), etc., which is equivalent to 2^_, where the bar denotes an improper rotation.

A set M of all polynomials in s variables, x_1, ..., x_s such that if P, P_1, and P_2 are members, then so are P_1+P_2 and QP, where Q is any polynomial in x_1, ..., x_s.

A basis of a modular system M is any set of polynomials B_1, B_2, ... of M such that every polynomial of M is expressible in the form R_1B_1+R_2B_2+..., where R_1, R_2, ... ...

A moment sequence is a sequence {mu_n}_(n=0)^infty defined for n=0, 1, ... by mu_n=int_0^1t^ndalpha(t), where alpha(t) is a function of bounded variation in the interval ...

alpha^((m))=1/2gamma_1=(mu_3)/(2sigma^3), where gamma_1 is the skewness.

A surface given by the form z=F(x,y).

A polynomial x^n+a_(n-1)x^(n-1)+...+a_1x+a_0 in which the coefficient of the highest order term is 1.

A general concept in category theory involving the globalization of local morphisms.