characteristic

in a field or a ring, the smallest positive integer, if any, such that the sum of n ones equals 0; zero otherwise
Thing invariant Q836088
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characteristic

Summary

characteristic is an invariant[1]. characteristic draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (invariant category, ranking #7 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • characteristic's instance of is recorded as invariant[3].
  • characteristic's subclass of is recorded as integer[4].
  • characteristic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0430tt[5].
  • characteristic's facet of is recorded as prime field[6].
  • characteristic's defining formula is recorded as \underbrace{1+\cdots+1}_{n \text{ summands}} = 0[7].
  • characteristic's MathWorld ID is recorded as FieldCharacteristic[8].
  • characteristic's Treccani ID is recorded as caratteristica[9].
  • characteristic's nLab ID is recorded as characteristic[10].
  • characteristic's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • characteristic's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 18613213[12].
  • characteristic's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3884782[13].
  • characteristic's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Characteristic_of_a_field[14].
  • characteristic's Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID is recorded as caratteristica-di-un-campo[15].
  • characteristic's Metamath statement ID is recorded as df-chr[16].

Why It Matters

characteristic draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (invariant category, ranking #7 of 37).[2] characteristic has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] characteristic is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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