Cyclic (mathematics)

Cyclic (mathematics)

There are many terms in mathematics that begin with cyclic:

  • Cyclic chain rule, for derivatives, used in thermodynamics
  • Cyclic code, linear codes closed under cyclic permutations
  • Cyclic convolution, a method of combining periodic functions
  • Cycle decomposition (graph theory)
  • Cycle decomposition (group theory)
  • Cyclic extension, a field extension with cyclic Galois group
  • Cycle graph or cyclic graph is a connected, 2-regular graph:
  • Cyclic group, a group generated by a single element
  • Cyclic homology, an approximation of K-theory used in non-commutative differential geometry
  • Cyclic module, a module generated by a single element
  • Cyclic notation, a way of writing permutations
  • Cyclic number, a number such that cyclic permutations of the digits are successive multiples of the number
  • Cyclic order, a binary relation for doubly linked lists
  • Cyclic permutation, a permutation with one nontrivial orbit
  • Cyclic polygon, a polygon which can be given a circumscribed circle
  • Cyclic shift, also known as circular shift
  • Cyclic symmetry, n-fold rotational symmetry of 3-dimensional space

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