semisimple
adjEtymology From semi- + simple.
8 senses
- 1Containing a collection of simple objects such that all…
- 2In which each submodule is a direct summand; equivalently…
- 3Semisimple as a module over itself; equivalently, such…
- 4Semiprimitive: having trivial Jacobson radical.
- 5For which every invariant subspace has an invariant…
- 6Being a direct sum of simple Lie algebras.
- 7Being a direct sum of simple representations (also known…
- 8Being a linear algebraic group whose radical of the…
› In any of several technical senses…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Of a Lie algebra, Of an algebraic structure Being a direct sum of simple Lie algebras.
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
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