noun
- A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
- A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.
- (lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
- A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
- (Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.
Synonyms: Lie ideal
adjective
- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
- Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
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