number field

number field

[′nəm·bər ‚fēld]
(mathematics)
Any set of real or complex numbers that includes the sum, difference, product, and quotient (except division by zero) of any two members of the set.
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Let K be a number field and [O.sub.K] be its ring of integers.
To exploit vulnerable connections, attackers used the number field sieve algorithm to precompute data.
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Analysis Model in Real Number Field. An important step for system identification of rotor bearing systems is acquiring the transfer function matrix H(j[omega]).
During the scheduling, the algorithm moves the odd number field's segments as close as possible to its first calculation segment, and the even number field's segments as close as possible to its last calculation segment.
Rim, "Generalized Carlitz's Euler Numbers in the p-adic number field," Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics, vol.
The trace formula for an arbitrary connected reductive group over a number field was developed by James Arthur, and the twisted case of it was the subject of the Friday Morning Seminar at Princeton University during the 1983-84 academic year.