algebraic geometry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of algebraic geometry
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Melanie Matchett Wood, 41, a Harvard number theorist who also studies algebraic geometry, is an infectious mathematician.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
Melanie Matchett Wood, 41, Cambridge, Massachusetts, mathematician whose statistical analyses have helped answer questions related to number theory and algebraic geometry.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
I once asked André Weil, a legendary climber of mathematical peaks, if it bothered him that few people knew of his accomplishments in number theory and algebraic geometry, and fewer still understood them.
From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2022
Their proof pulled in an esoteric piece of algebraic geometry known as Hodge theory, named after William Vallance Douglas Hodge, a British mathematician.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022
A theme emerging for proposed new categories is for fields that mix traditional disciplines — such as ‘algebraic statistics’ and ‘numerical algebraic geometry’.
From Nature • Feb. 6, 2018
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