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In mathematics, ring theory is the study of rings, algebraic structures in which addition and multiplication are defined and have similar properties to those familiar from the integers.
The study of rings originated from the theory of polynomial rings and the theory of algebraic integers.
In commutative ring theory, numbers are often replaced by ideals, and the definition of prime ideal tries to capture the essence of prime numbers.
www.settheory.com /kcell2/wiki_test.html   (713 words)

  
 PlanetMath: algebraic number theory
Algebraic number theory is the study of algebraic numbers, their properties and their applications.
As an introduction, the reader should be comfortable with the basic theory of rational and irrational numbers, and its complementary entry, the basic theory of algebraic and transcendental numbers.
It is a well-known fact that the ring of integers of a number field is a Dedekind domain.
planetmath.org /encyclopedia/AlgebraicNumberTheory.html   (953 words)

  
 Evolution-Based Personality Theory
Millon asserted in his theory that in psychopathology it is not the overt anxiety or depression, nor the stressors of childhood or contemporary life that are the key to psychological well-being.
Elements of evolutionary theory were introduced by Millon in a 1990 book owing to his belief that its essential principles operate in all aspects of nature and scientific endeavor, from cosmogony, at one end, to human interactions, at the other.
These theories should be consistent with established knowledge in both its own and related sciences and should enable reasonable accurate propositions concerning all clinical conditions to be both deduced and understood, enabling thereby the development of a formal classification system.
www.millon.net /content/evo_theory.htm   (2076 words)

  
 PlanetMath: ring hierarchy
When one class of rings is connected to another class by a line, then the lower class is a subclass of the higher placed class.
For instance, principal ideal domain is by definition a domain.
This is version 5 of ring hierarchy, born on 2006-06-19, modified 2006-09-06.
planetmath.org /encyclopedia/RingHierarchy.html   (379 words)

  
 AutismUSA.net: an Information Resource on Autism & other Developmental Disorders
The term ‘theory of mind’ was coined by Premack and Woodruff, 1978 and is often used to refer to the ability to “attribute mental states and to use these invisible postulates to explain behaviour in everyday life.
The theory of mind hypothesis is increasingly being recognised as an explanatory cause for a large majority of deficits seen in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Many of the tasks used to test this theory have been given to non-autistic children as well as children with mental retardation, and the theory of mind phenomenon appears to be unique to those with autism.
www.autismusa.net /papers-theory-of-mind.html   (3478 words)

  
 First-order Model Theory (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
First-order model theory, also known as classical model theory, is a branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between descriptions in first-order languages and the structures that satisfy these descriptions.
From another point of view, first-order model theory is the paradigm for the rest of model theory; it is the area in which many of the broader ideas of model theory were first worked out.
These theories have the remarkable property that every infinite indiscernible sequence in any of their models is indiscernible under any linear ordering whatever; so these sequences are a kind of generalisation of bases of vector spaces.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/modeltheory-fo   (6168 words)

  
 Ring Theory: Rings, Ideals, Integral Domains, Fields - Numericana
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973).
Ring of polynomials whose coefficients are in a given ring.
The radical Rad(I) of an ideal I is the set of all ring elements which have at least one of their powers in I. The radical of an ideal is an ideal.
home.att.net /~numericana/answer/rings.htm   (1316 words)

  
 UWM Math: Noetherian Rings
The main thrust of the theory of commutative rings is intimately related to the theory of rings of polynomial functions (and rings derived from them such as quotients and localizations).
The study of non-commutative rings is a field begun in the 20th century, and much of the early work concentrated on division rings and algebras that were finite dimensional over a field.
While many interesting ring theoretic results were proven in between, it is probably fair to say that the modern study of non-commutative noetherian rings began with A. Goldie's work in 1958-1960 giving necessary and sufficient conditions for a ring to have a semisimple ring of fractions.
www.uwm.edu /Dept/Math/Research/Algebra/noetherian/noetherian.html   (467 words)

  
 Set Theory
The theory of random sets is viewed as a natural generalization of probability and statistics on random vectors, i.e., of multivariate statistical analysis.
The study of ring theory is viewed as a generalization of the study of the integers.
We encounter integral domains, fields, subrings, ideals, factors, homomorphisms, and polynomials.
www.wordtrade.com /science/mathematics/settheory.htm   (1273 words)

  
 Eleventh Dimension
This is an elegant theory that describes the macroscopic world of fl holes, quasars and the big bang.
The form of quantum theory that goes furthest in describing matter and its interactions is the Standard Model, which is based on a bizarre bestiary of particles such as quarks, leptons and bosons (see Diagram).
In superstring theory, the subatomic particles we see in nature are nothing more than different resonances of the vibrating superstrings, in the same way that different musical notes emanate from the different modes of vibration of a violin string.
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 BEACHY: RINGS AND MODULES
The focus of this book is the study of the noncommutative aspects of rings and modules, and the style will make it accessible to anyone with a background in basic abstract algebra.
This set of lecture notes is focused on the noncommutative aspects of the study of rings and modules.
The definition of an abelian group is fundamental, since the objects of study in the text (rings and modules) are constructed by endowing an abelian group with additional structure.
www.math.niu.edu /~beachy/rings_modules   (1063 words)

  
 Rings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A Division Algebra is a nontrivial ring (not necessarily commutative) in which all nonzero elements are invertible.
Given an integral domain A there exists a field Q(A) containing A as a subring with the property that for every x in Q(A) there are elements a,b of A so that xb=a.
The kernel of a homomorphism of rings f: A --> B is the ideal in A consisting of those elements a in A such that f(a) = 0.
mcraefamily.com /mathhelp/BasicAARings.htm   (1006 words)

  
 Teachers' Domain: Build an Island
Charles Darwin is credited with proposing the foundational theory of how atolls, which are really a hybrid of two island types, develop.
Darwin's theory, which geologists today widely accept, states that as a volcano's magma source is depleted, it begins to sink under its own considerable weight.
Teachers' Domain is proud to be a Pathways portal to the National Science Digital Library.
www.teachersdomain.org /6-8/sci/ess/earthsys/island/index.html   (624 words)

  
 Research in Algebra | Ring Theory
Later, it was realised that commutative noetherian rings are one of the building blocks of modern algebraic geometry, leading to their study both abstractly and in examples.
It turns out that the representation theory of groups such as the general linear group and symmetric group is closely connected with Lie theory, through topics like the representation theory of algebraic groups and Lie algebras.
Typically, the representation theory of such algebras is closely related to the geometry of the prime spectrum of centre of the algebra.
www.maths.gla.ac.uk /research/groups/algebra/rings.htm   (988 words)

  
 Mathematics Algebra Homework Help
Ring Theory (VII): Prove that if [a, b] = [a΄, b΄] and [c, d] = [c΄, d΄] then [a, b] + [c, d] = [a΄, b΄] + [c΄, d΄].
Ring Theory (VIII): Prove the distributive law in F, the field of quotients of D, where D is the ring of integers.
Modern Algebra Ring Theory (VIII) The Field of Quotients of an Integral Domain Prove the distributive law in F, the field of quotients of D, where D is the ring of integers.
www.brainmass.com /homework-help/math/algebra/pg335   (264 words)

  
 RACHEL Background and Theory
Assume that through biochemical investigation, we determine that the phenyl ring (blue) and the carboxylic acid group (green) are vital to receptor interaction.
For example, if a small methyl group or a highly charged fragment were to replace a large, hydrophobic ring on the ligand, it would ruin interaction with the receptor at that component.
Crystallographic analysis reveals that both single and bi-cyclic rings are capable of binding, as long as they are planar.
www.newdrugdesign.com /Rachel_Theory.htm   (9911 words)

  
 Lee Lady: Finite Rank Torsion Free Modules over Dedekind Domains (a book)
The theory of finite rank torsion free abelian groups is full of results that depend on countability, or on having characteristic zero, or working over a ring whose quotient field is a perfect field, as well as proofs using quite specialized results from number theory.
And one becomes more aware of the fact that the theory of finite rank torsion free abelian groups is moving away from abelian group theory in general in much the same fashion that abelian group theory has moved away from general group theory.
Unlike the theory of torsion groups, the theory of finite rank torsion free modules is becoming something that fits in fairly well with the mainstream of commutative ring theory.
www.math.hawaii.edu /~lee/book   (629 words)

  
 12: Field theory and polynomials
The study of multiple fields through Galois theory is important for the study of polynomial equations, and thus has applications to number theory and group theory.
Fields of functions of algebraic varieties (essentially the quotient fields of rings F[x1,...,xn]/(P) where P is a multivariable polynomial) are more properly treated in 14: Algebraic Geometry, although these are really just discussions of fields of finite transcendence degree over the ground field.
Likewise fields of meromorphic functions and local rings of germs of functions are usually treated with their applications to 30: Complex Analysis, 32: Several complex variables, and 58: Analysis on manifolds.
www.math.niu.edu /~rusin/known-math/index/12-XX.html   (1782 words)

  
 identity theory | donate
identity theory is a regularly published, web-based magazine of literature and culture edited by matt borondy.
As you are probably aware, we are not a small, flash-in-the-pan publication; we've been generating some of the most highly regarded literary material on the web for more than six years--for the benefit of thousands of people every day.
All work on Identity Theory -- with the exception of the public-domain classics -- is copyright its original author.
www.identitytheory.com /support.html   (308 words)

  
 Advanced
An introduction to proof techniques (including quantifiers and induction), elementary set theory, equivalence relations, and cardinality; followed by an introduction to the topology of the real numbers and elementary real analysis, including rigorous topological and analytic treatments of convergence of sequences and continuity of functions.
Applications of probability theory are approached through a variety of idealized problems.
Includes a study of distribution theory, important properties of estimators, interval estimation and hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, and selected topics from non-parametric statistics.
www.davidson.edu /math/courses/advanced.htm   (561 words)

  
 BEACHY/BLAIR: ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
One problem with most treatments of abstract algebra, whether they begin with group theory or ring theory, is that the students simultaneously encounter for the first time both abstract mathematics and the requirement that they produce proofs of their own devising.
Chapter 5 then introduces the abstract definition of a ring after we have already encountered several important examples of rings: the integers, the integers modulo n, and the ring of polynomials with coefficients in any field.
After rings we consider fields, and we include a discussion of root adjunction as well as the three problems from antiquity: squaring the circle, duplicating the cube, and trisecting an angle.
home.att.net /~jabeachy/order.htm   (1770 words)

  
 The Mathematics of Boolean Algebra (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
The study of Boolean algebras has several aspects: structure theory, model theory of Boolean algebras, decidability and undecidability questions for the class of Boolean algebras, and the indicated applications.
These two processes are inverses of one another, and show that the theory of Boolean algebras and of rings with identity in which every element is idempotent are definitionally equivalent.
Much of the deeper theory of Boolean algebras, telling about their structure and classification, can be formulated in terms of certain functions defined for all Boolean algebras, with infinite cardinals as values.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/boolalg-math   (2050 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Algebra : An Approach via Module Theory: Books: William A. Adkins,Steven H. Weintraub   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Beginning with standard topics in groups and ring theory, the authors then develop basic module theory, culminating in the fundamental structure theorem for finitely generated modules over a principal ideal domain.
Module theory is also used in investigating bilinear, sesquilinear, and quadratic forms.
The authors develop some multilinear algebra (Hom and tensor product) and the theory of semisimple rings and modules and apply these results in the final chapter to study group represetations by viewing a representation of a group G over a field F as an F(G)-module.
www.amazon.ca /Algebra-Approach-via-Module-Theory/dp/0387978399   (399 words)

  
 The essence of mathematics resid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Topics include basic ring theory (primes and irreducible ring elements, prime ideals and maximal ideals, integral ring extensions, Noetherian and Dedekind rings, polynomial rings over Noetherian rings (Hilbert's Basissatz)), field extensions, and basic Galois theory with the usual applications to classical problems in geometry.
It presents the theory of Hilbert spaces, Banach space techniques and their applications, and basic facts on operator theory and spectral theory.
This course provides the student with the basic ideas of graph theory as it is used in many branches of Industrial Mathematics.
blue.utb.edu /math-graduate/courses.htm   (1296 words)

  
 Web Directory » Web Directory » Science » Math » Topology » Knot Theory
A Circular History of Knot Theory - Starting with the flawed theory of Kelvin's knotted vortex to the work of Thurston, Jones and Witten, knot theory has circled back to its ancestral origins of theoretical physics.
Cook's Borromean Ring Links - Links to pages and two outlines of proofs that show the Borromean rings can't be made from circular rings.
Knot Theory Online - This site is designed for mathematics students at the high school and college levels as an introduction to an area of mathematics seldom explored in the typical math classroom - the Theory of Knots.
www.dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Science/Math/Topology/Knot_Theory   (758 words)

  
 Distance Learning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Semiclassical laser theory, multimode operation, gas laser theory, ring laser, Zeeman laser.
ELEC 574 Electric Machinery Engineering electromagnetic theories, in particular magnetic theory and circuits, three phase circuits, electro-mechanics, electric energy to mechanical energy conversion, applications of phasors, transformers, motors, generators, power electronics devices and controls.
Semi-classical Laser theory, multi-mode operation, gas laser theory, ring laser, Zeeman laser.
engineering.alfred.edu /outreach/dist_lrn/index2.html   (752 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Introductory Algebraic Number Theory: Books: Saban Alaca,Kenneth S. Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
'Learning algebraic number theory is about the least abstract way to learn about important aspects of commutative ring theory, as well as being beautiful in its own right too.
This text is ideally suited to the learner of both of these, with clear writing, a plentiful supply of examples and exercises, and a good range of 'suggested reading'.
References to suggested readings and to the biographies of mathematicians who have contributed to the development of algebraic number theory are provided at the end of each chapter.
www.amazon.ca /Introductory-Algebraic-Number-Theory-Saban/dp/0521540119   (466 words)

  
 SCMTheory package overview
Magnitude of number is is the distance from the domain circle to the plotted points.
Angle of the complex number is the angle of the plotted point on a torroidal ring around the domain circle at the given magnitude radius.
Start of the signal is assumed to be time 0, and negative time is coming from the other direction, so zeros are added in the middle of the sequence.
ccrma.stanford.edu /software/scmp/SCMTheory/Overview   (913 words)

  
 EDUCATION THEORY and METHODS RING
This !tzalist ring is open to all education theory and methods-related sites, including home schooling, online courses, and more.
This is a list of !tzalist rings open to schools and education sites.
Including colleges and universities, teachers, and learning and education rings of all kinds.
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