"direct product" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: direct products [plural]
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  1. (set theory) The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets. Categories (topical): Set theory Synonyms (product of sets): Cartesian product
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  2. (group theory) Such a set of tuples formed from two or more groups, forming another group whose group operation is the component-wise application of the original group operations and of which the original groups are normal subgroups. Categories (topical): Group theory
    Sense id: en-direct_product-en-noun-Eh4Y8PDL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 13 24 13 15 Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
  3. (ring theory) Such a set of tuples formed from two or more rings, forming another ring whose operations arise from the component-wise application of the corresponding original ring operations.
    Sense id: en-direct_product-en-noun-mX5JRjwk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 13 24 13 15
  4. (topology) A topological space analogously formed from two or more (up to an infinite number of) topological spaces. Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-direct_product-en-noun-mybMzLVx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 13 24 13 15 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
  5. (mathematics) Any of a number of mathematical objects analogously derived from a given ordered set of objects. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-direct_product-en-noun-S-8OU84X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 13 24 13 15 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  6. (category theory) A high-level generalization of the preceding that applies to objects in an arbitrary category and produces a new object constructable by morphisms from each of the original objects. Categories (topical): Category theory Synonyms (product of objects in a category): categorical product, product Related terms: direct sum (english: synonymous in specific domains), product ring, product space, product topology
    Sense id: en-direct_product-en-noun-3kiaMZq2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 13 24 13 15 Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'product of objects in a category': 12 8 3 6 22 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (product of sets — see also Cartesian product): prodotto diretto [masculine] (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'product of sets — see also Cartesian product': 22 17 9 20 14 18

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