GROUP THEORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does group theory mean? 

• GROUP THEORY (noun)
  The noun GROUP THEORY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of mathematics dealing with groups

  Familiarity information: GROUP THEORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUP THEORY (noun)

Meaning:

The branch of mathematics dealing with groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("group theory" is a kind of...):

pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "group theory"):

Galois theory (group theory applied to the solution of algebraic equations)