Sylow theorem

English

Etymology

Named after the Norwegian mathematician Peter Ludwig Sylow.

Noun

Sylow theorem (plural Sylow theorems)

  1. (mathematics) Any of a collection of theorems of finite group theory that give detailed information about the number of subgroups of fixed order that a given finite group contains.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.