group theory

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   the branch of mathematics dealing with groups

   Broaderpure mathematics

   NarrowerGalois theory

   mathematics

Questions about group theory

What does group theory mean?

group theory means "the branch of mathematics dealing with groups".

Is group theory a common word?

group theory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.