Cyclic (mathematics)

There are many terms in mathematics that begin with cyclic:

* Cyclic chain rule, for derivatives, used in thermodynamics
* Cyclic code, linear codes closed under cyclic permutations
* Cyclic convolution, a method of combining periodic functions
* Cycle decomposition (graph theory)
* Cycle decomposition (group theory)
* Cyclic extension, a field extension with cyclic Galois group
* Graph theory:
* Cyclic function, a periodic function
* Cycle graph, a connected, 2-regular graph
* Cycle graph (algebra), a diagram representing the cycles determined by taking powers of group elements
* Circulant graph, a graph with cyclic symmetry
* Cycle (graph theory), a nontrivial path in some graph from a node to itself
* Cyclic graph, a graph containing at least one graph cycle
* Cyclic group, a group generated by a single element
* Cyclic homology, an approximation of K-theory used in non-commutative differential geometry
* Cyclic module, a module generated by a single element
* Cyclic notation, a way of writing permutations
* Cyclic number, a number such that cyclic permutations of the digits are successive multiples of the number
* Cyclic order, a ternary relation defining a way to arrange a set of objects in a circle
* Cyclic permutation, a permutation with one nontrivial orbit
* Cyclic polygon, a polygon which can be given a circumscribed circle
* Cyclic shift, also known as circular shift
* Cyclic symmetry, n-fold rotational symmetry of 3-dimensional space

## See also

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* Cycle (disambiguation)

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