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a group in which the group operation is commutativeSyn: commutative group
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Abelian group — [ə bē′lē ən, əbēl′yən] n. [after Niels H. Abel (1802 29), Norw mathematician] Math. a commutative group … English World dictionary
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Finitely-generated abelian group — In abstract algebra, an abelian group (G,+) is called finitely generated if there exist finitely many elements x1,...,xs in G such that every x in G can be written in the form x = n1x1 + n2x2 + ... + nsxs with integers n1,...,ns. In this case, we … Wikipedia
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Rank of an abelian group — In mathematics, the rank, or torsion free rank, of an abelian group measures how large a group is in terms of how large a vector space over the rational numbers one would need to contain it; or alternatively how large a free abelian group it can… … Wikipedia
Elementary abelian group — In group theory an elementary abelian group is a finite abelian group, where every nontrivial element has order p where p is a prime.By the classification of finitely generated abelian groups, every elementary abelian group must be of the form:(… … Wikipedia
