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Noun:

  • linear algebra A set ''V'', whose elements are called "vectors", together with a binary operation + forming a module (''V'',+), and a set ''F''* of bilinear unary functions ''f''*:''V''→''V'', each of which corresponds to a "scalar" element ''f'' of a field ''F'', such that the composition of elements of ''F''* corresponds isomorphically to multiplication of elements of ''F'', and such that for any vector '''v''', 1*('''v''') = '''v'''.
  • maths A type of set of vectors that satisfies a specific group of constraints.

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