free module (English, noun)
expansion: free module (plural free modules)
Senses:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A module that has a basis. Equivalently, a module consisting of n-tuples of ring elements with no extra identities. (Then the number n is said to be its rank.) Equivalently, a direct sum whose summands are all the same ring. (The quantity of summands may be more than two.)
Forms:
form: free modules
tags: plural