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The absolute difference of two numbers n_1 and n_2 is |n_1-n_2|, where the minus sign denotes subtraction and |x| denotes the absolute value.

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.

A set (usually of letters) from which a subset is drawn. A sequence of letters is called a word, and a set of words is called a code.

The payment of a debt plus accrued interest by regular payments.

A term in social choice theory meaning invariance of a result under permutation of voters.

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.

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.