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New page: In mathematics, ''local'' generally means that a property or behaviour at a point depends only on that point, or one points close to it. Often, it means ''locally determined'' -- some glob...

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In mathematics, ''local'' generally means that a property or behaviour at a point depends only on that point, or one points close to it. Often, it means ''locally determined'' -- some global property is determined completely by the way things behave locally. In addition to ''local'' being used as an adjective, ''locally'' is also used as an adverb, typically as a modifier to existing properties to indicate that these properties are only satisfied locally.

===In ring theory===

In both commutative and noncommutative algebra:

{{:Local ring}}

{{:Local field}}

===In topology===

{{:Locally compact space}}

{{:Locally connected space}}

{{:Locally path-connected space}}

===In group theory===

{{:Local subgroup}}

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Vipul: New page: In mathematics, ''local'' generally means that a property or behaviour at a point depends only on that point, or one points close to it. Often, it means ''locally determined'' -- some glob...