- Look up
trichotomy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
trichotomy can
refer to: Law of
trichotomy, a
mathematical law that
every real
number is either...
- In mathematics, the law of
trichotomy states that
every real
number is
either positive, negative, or zero. More generally, a
binary relation R on a set...
- A
trichotomy is a three-way
classificatory division. Some
philosophers pursued trichotomies.
Important trichotomies discussed by
Aquinas include the causal...
-
unclear or unknown; a
collection of
three such
species is
referred to as a "
trichotomy".[citation needed]
Polyploidy is a
mechanism that has
caused many rapid...
- In
Christian theology, the
tripartite view (
trichotomy)
holds that
humankind is a
composite of
three distinct components: body, spirit, and soul. It is...
-
Groups of rank at
least 3 are
further subdivided into 3
classes by the
trichotomy theorem,
proved by
Aschbacher for rank 3 and by
Gorenstein and
Lyons for...
- The
social production of
space is a
concept in the
sociology of
space which contends that
space is
neither a
thing nor a container, but a
product and means...
- In
group theory, the
trichotomy theorem divides the
finite simple groups of
characteristic 2 type and rank at least 3 into
three classes. It was proved...
- the index, one of the
three classes of
signs comprising Peirce's
second trichotomy. An
index is a sign
which signifies by
virtue of "pointing to" some component...
- "lesser apes" (gibbons) in Hylobatidae. However, this
arrangement had two
trichotomies: Pan, Gorilla, and
Pongo of the "great apes" in Pongidae, and Hominidae...
