algebraic number field

English

Noun

algebraic number field (plural algebraic number fields)

1. (mathematics, algebraic number theory) A field which includes the rational numbers and has finite dimension as a vector space over the rational numbers.

Synonyms

• number field

Hypernyms

• associative algebra
• extension field

Hyponyms

• cyclotomic field
• quadratic field

Meronyms

• number ring, ring of integers