semisimple

adj — 8 senses

semisimple

adj

Etymology From semi- + simple.

8 senses
  1. 1Containing a collection of simple objects such that all…
  2. 2In which each submodule is a direct summand; equivalently…
  3. 3Semisimple as a module over itself; equivalently, such…
  4. 4Semiprimitive: having trivial Jacobson radical.
  5. 5For which every invariant subspace has an invariant…
  6. 6Being a direct sum of simple Lie algebras.
  7. 7Being a direct sum of simple representations (also known…
  8. 8Being a linear algebraic group whose radical of the…

› In any of several technical senses…

1

Algebra, Category theory, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Of an abelian category, Of an algebraic structure Containing a collection of simple objects such that all objects in the category are direct sums of these simple objects.

2

Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Of a module, Of an algebraic structure In which each submodule is a direct summand; equivalently, equal to a direct sum of simple submodules.

3

Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Of an algebra or ring, Of an algebraic structure Semisimple as a module over itself; equivalently, such that all (left) modules are semisimple.

› In any of several technical senses… › Semisimple as a module over itself…

4

Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Proscribed, Of a ring, Of an algebraic structure, Of an algebra or ring Semiprimitive: having trivial Jacobson radical.

› In any of several technical senses…

5

Algebra, Linear algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Of an operator or matrix, Of an algebraic structure For which every invariant subspace has an invariant complement, equivalent to the minimal polynomial being squarefree.

6

Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Of a Lie algebra, Of an algebraic structure Being a direct sum of simple Lie algebras.

7

Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Of an algebraic structure Being a direct sum of simple representations (also known as irreducible representations).

Representation theory Of a linear representation of a group or algebra

8

Algebra, Group theory, Mathematics, Sciences Of an algebraic group, Of an algebraic structure Being a linear algebraic group whose radical of the identity component is trivial.

Derived terms
cosemisimple, nonsemisimple, semisimply

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