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Main form: ''simple'', adjective
Main form: ''simple'', [[word type::adjective]]


Related forms: ''simplicity'' (whether or not something is simple, extent to which something is simple)
Related forms: ''simplicity'' (whether or not something is simple, extent to which something is simple)

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Main form: simple, adjective

Related forms: simplicity (whether or not something is simple, extent to which something is simple)

Mathematics

In group theory

Simple group: A nontrivial group that has only two normal subgroups: the whole group and the trivial subgroup.

Related terms: Almost simple group, quasisimple group, characteristically simple group, simple algebraic group

Term variations: Groupprops:Category:Variations of simplicity

Primary subject wiki entry: Groupprops:Simple group

Also located at: Wikipedia:Simple group, Mathworld:SimpleGroup, Springer Online Reference Works

In noncommutative ring theory

Simple ring: A nonzero unital ring in which the only two-sided ideals are the whole ring and the zero ideal.

Primary subject wiki entry: Noncommutative:Simple ring

In topology

Simple space: A path-connected space with Abelian fundamental group whose induced action on all higher homotopy groups is trivial.

Primary subject wiki entry: Topospaces:Simple space

In measure theory

Simple function: A real-valued or complex-valued function on a measure space that is expressible as a finite linear combination of indicator functions of measurable subsets.

Primary subject wiki entry: Measure:Simple function

Also located at: Wikipedia:Simple function