ideal number
An algebraic integer that represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number fieldAn algebraic integer that represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number field.
Meaning
1 sensesAn algebraic integer that represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number field.
ideale Zahl
Translations
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Origin
Apparently a calque of German ideale Zahl, a concept in number theory developed by GermanApparently a calque of German ideale Zahl, a concept in number theory developed by German mathematician Ernst Kummer (1810—1893) and later incorporated by Richard Dedekind into the ring theory concept of ideal.
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Forms
plural: ideal numbers| Singular | ideal number |
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Word family
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