Definition of Divisor. Meaning of Divisor. Synonyms of Divisor

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Definition of Divisor

Divisor
Divisor Di*vi"sor, n. [L., fr. dividere. See Divide.] (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a.

Meaning of Divisor from wikipedia

- In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n,{\displaystyle n,} also called a factor of n,{\displaystyle n,} is an integer m{\displaystyle m} that may be...
- In mathematics, the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two or more integers, which are not all zero, is the largest positive integer that divides each of...
- In abstract algebra, an element a of a ring R is called a left zero divisor if there exists a nonzero x in R such that ax = 0, or equivalently if the...
- number theory, a divisor function is an arithmetic function related to the divisors of an integer. When referred to as the divisor function, it counts...
- A divisor is the second operand of a division. A divisor may also refer to Divisor (number theory), an integer that divides evenly another integer Divisor...
- the sum of the prices of all thirty stocks divided by a divisor, the Dow Divisor. The divisor is adjusted in case of stock splits, spinoffs or similar...
- divisors are a generalization of codimension-1 subvarieties of algebraic varieties. Two different generalizations are in common use, Cartier divisors...
- What is being divided is called the dividend, which is divided by the divisor, and the result is called the quotient. At an elementary level the division...
- In algebra, the elementary divisors of a module over a prin****l ideal domain (PID) occur in one form of the structure theorem for finitely generated modules...
- In algebraic geometry, a linear system of divisors is an algebraic generalization of the geometric notion of a family of curves; the dimension of the linear...