number field

English

Noun

number field (plural number fields)

(mathematics, algebraic number theory) A field which includes the rational numbers and has finite dimension as a vector space over the rational numbers.
Number fields are typically formed by adjoining algebraic integers to the field of rational numbers.

Synonyms

algebraic number field

Hypernyms

extension field

Hyponyms

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