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  2. Radical of an ideal - Wikipedia

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    An ideal in a ring is radical if and only if the quotient ring is reduced. The radical of a homogeneous ideal is homogeneous. The radical of an intersection of ideals is equal to the intersection of their radicals: . The radical of a primary ideal is prime. If the radical of an ideal is maximal, then is primary.

  3. Difference quotient - Wikipedia

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    By a slight change in notation (and viewpoint), for an interval [ a, b ], the difference quotient. is called [5] the mean (or average) value of the derivative of f over the interval [ a, b ]. This name is justified by the mean value theorem, which states that for a differentiable function f, its derivative f′ reaches its mean value at some ...

  4. Maximal ideal - Wikipedia

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    The quotient module R/A is a simple right R-module. Maximal right/left/two-sided ideals are the dual notion to that of minimal ideals. Examples. If F is a field, then the only maximal ideal is {0}. In the ring Z of integers, the maximal ideals are the principal ideals generated by a prime number.

  5. Ideal quotient - Wikipedia

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    Ideal quotient. In abstract algebra, if I and J are ideals of a commutative ring R, their ideal quotient ( I : J) is the set. Then ( I : J) is itself an ideal in R. The ideal quotient is viewed as a quotient because if and only if . The ideal quotient is useful for calculating primary decompositions. It also arises in the description of the set ...

  6. Numerical differentiation - Wikipedia

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    Numerical differentiation. Finite difference estimation of derivative. In numerical analysis, numerical differentiation algorithms estimate the derivative of a mathematical function or function subroutine using values of the function and perhaps other knowledge about the function.

  7. Ideal (ring theory) - Wikipedia

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    An ideal can be used to construct a quotient ring in a way similar to how, in group theory, a normal subgroup can be used to construct a quotient group. Among the integers, the ideals correspond one-for-one with the non-negative integers: in this ring, every ideal is a principal ideal consisting of the multiples of a single non-negative number ...

  8. nth root - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, taking the nth root is an operation involving two numbers, the radicand and the index or degree. Taking the nth root is written as , where x is the radicand and n is the index (also sometimes called the degree). This is pronounced as "the nth root of x". The definition then of an nth root of a number x is a number r (the root ...

  9. Rationalisation (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Rationalisation (mathematics) In elementary algebra, root rationalisation is a process by which radicals in the denominator of an algebraic fraction are eliminated. If the denominator is a monomial in some radical, say with k < n, rationalisation consists of multiplying the numerator and the denominator by and replacing by x (this is allowed ...