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An additive function is an arithmetic function such that whenever positive integers a and b are relatively prime, f(ab)=f(a)+f(b). An example of an additive function is ...

A mathematical object S is said to be additively closed if a,b in S implies that a+b in S.

If a is an element of a field F over the prime field P, then the set of all rational functions of a with coefficients in P is a field derived from P by adjunction of a.

Any link can be represented by a closed braid.

An alpha value is a number 0<=alpha<=1 such that P(z>=z_(observed))<=alpha is considered "significant," where P is a P-value.

An archaic name for topology.

An Andreini tessellation is a three-dimensional equivalent of a semiregular tessellation. There are 28 such tessellations.

The angle bisector of an angle in a triangle divides the opposite side in the same ratio as the sides adjacent to the angle.

If a map f:G->G^' from a group G to a group G^' satisfies f(ab)=f(b)f(a) for all a,b in G, then f is said to be an antihomomorphism. Moreover, if G and G^' are isomorphic, ...

An operator * for which a*b=-b*a is said to be anticommutative.