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Gram's theorem

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In mathematics, Gram's theorem states that an algebraic set in a finite-dimensional vector space invariant under some linear group can be defined by absolute invariants. (Dieudonné & Carrell 1970, p. 31).

References

  • Dieudonné, Jean A.; Carrell, James B. (1970), "Invariant theory, old and new", Advances in Mathematics, 4: 1–80, doi:10.1016/0001-8708(70)90015-0, ISSN 0001-8708, MR0255525. Reprinted by Academic Press (1971), MR0279102.