algebraic geometry

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. the study of sets that are defined by algebraic equations.

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Etymology

Origin of algebraic geometry

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

I had my feet up on my desk, wearing my too-small baseball cap and reading through a new batch of American detective magazines, when a lecturer in algebraic geometry called Gordon Welchman poked his head through my open door.

From Literature

But in algebraic geometry, I would say intersection theory is especially interesting when we work with moduli spaces.

From Scientific American

Intersection theory, one of Larson’s specialties, is a branch of a field called algebraic geometry.

From Scientific American

Melanie Matchett Wood, 41, a Harvard number theorist who also studies algebraic geometry, is an infectious mathematician.

From Washington Post

Melanie Matchett Wood, 41, Cambridge, Massachusetts, mathematician whose statistical analyses have helped answer questions related to number theory and algebraic geometry.

From Seattle Times