English Explanatory Dictionary

semidirect product

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A generalisation of direct product such that, in one of two equivalent definitions, only one of the subgroups involved is required to be a normal subgroup.

Word forms

semidirect product semidirect products

Etymology

Refers to the fact that the criteria are less strict than for the direct product; compare semidirect.

Derived words

inner semidirect product outer semidirect product
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