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A general term which refers to an increase (or decrease in the case of the oxymoron "negative growth") in a given quantity.

A special ideal in a commutative ring R. The Jacobson radical is the intersection of the maximal ideals in R. It could be the zero ideal, as in the case of the integers.

A normal extension is the splitting field for a collection of polynomials. In the case of a finite algebraic extension, only one polynomial is necessary.

If two pairs of opposite sides of a complete quadrilateral are pairs of perpendicular lines, the quadrilateral is said to be orthocentric. In such a case, the remaining sides ...

A right pyramid is a pyramid for which the apex lies directly above the centroid of the base. A regular pyramid is therefore a special case of a right pyramid.

The double-struck capital letter I, I, is a symbol sometimes used instead of Z for the ring of integers. In contrast, the lower case symbol i is used to refer to the ...

Integer programming in a special case of linear programming in which all variables are required to take on integer values only. Set covering deployment is an example ...

The double-struck capital letter I, I, is a symbol sometimes used instead of Z for the ring of integers. In contrast, the lower case symbol i is used to refer to the ...

The Hadwiger conjecture is a generalization of the four-color theorem which states that for any loopless graph G with h(G) the Hadwiger number and chi(G) the chromatic ...

An independent variable is a variable whose values don't depend on changes in other variables. This is in contrast to the definition of dependent variable. As with dependent ...