additive combinatorics
A subbranch of combinatorics that concerns additive problems expressed using sumsetsA subbranch of combinatorics that concerns additive problems expressed using sumsets.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A subbranch of combinatorics that concerns additive problems expressed using sumsets.
Origin
Coined circa early 2000s by Australian-American mathematician Terence Tao for a rapidly deCoined circa early 2000s by Australian-American mathematician Terence Tao for a rapidly developing field growing out of combinatorial number theory, named differently to reflect a changed emphasis in the problems being studied.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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