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algebraic geometry

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noun

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


Etymology

Origin of algebraic geometry

First recorded in 1895–1900

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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

Dr. Hironaka was teaching a class about algebraic geometry, and Dr. Huh, long before receiving a Ph.D., thinking he could write an article about Dr. Hironaka, attended.

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