Noun Abelian Definition and Examples
Definition:
1.adjective
(of a group) having members related by a commutative operation (i.e. a*b = b*a).
- 'Schreier showed that the fundamental group of such a space is always abelian.'
- 'In 1925 he proved the Krull-Schmidt theorem for decomposing abelian groups of operators.'
- 'In the same year he generalised von Neumann's spectral theorem to locally compact abelian groups.'
((n.) Alt. of Abelonian)
Origin:
Mid 19th century: from N. H. Abel (see Abel, Niels Henrik) + -ian.
Similar Nouns to Abelian
List of Nouns that Start with A-Z
List of Nouns that End with A-Z
List of Nouns by Length
3 letters4 letters5 letters6 letters7 letters8 letters9 letters10 letters11 letters12 letters