homomorphism

释义与例句

n.

1.

A structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures of the same type, such as groups, rings, or vector spaces.

数学

A field homomorphism is a map from one field to another one which is additive, multiplicative, zero-preserving, and unit-preserving.

1954, Kuo-Tsai Chen, Iterated Integrals and Exponential Homomorphisms, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, Reprinted in 2001, Philippe Tondeur (editor), Collected Papers of K.-T. Chen, Birkhäuser, page 54, This motivates a generalization, and exponential homomorphisms are now defined, in an algebraic fashion, from certain free products to formal power series rings with non-commutative indeterminates.
2.

A similar appearance of two unrelated organisms or structures, as for example with fish and whales.

生物

名词

From homo- + morphism.

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