English
abelian
Abelian comes from Norwegian Abel.
- NorwegianmodernAbel
- Englishearliest quotation 1996abelian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- NorwegianmodernAbel
- Englishearliest quotation 1996abelian
Earliest quotation: 1996, Barry Simon, Representations of Finite and Compact Groups: “The interesting aspect here is that U₃ is irreducible,…”
Formed from -ian
Every English word from Norwegian Abel
Today it means
adj Of an algebraic structure (usually a group or algebra), having a commutative defining operation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Norwegian Abel / abelian