hyperring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nonempty set R that supports hyperaddition as an abelian hypergroup with neutral element 0, multiplication as a monoid with identity element one, supports the distributive law, and for which multiplication by zero always yields the result 0.

Word forms

hyperring hyperrings

Etymology

From hyper- + ring.

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