automorphism
Noun
Meaning
Automorphic characterization.
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A ring homomorphism between the same ring is called an endomorphism and an isomorphism between the same ring an automorphism.
Antiautomorphisms In addition to the automorphism α, there are two antiautomorphisms which play an important role in the analysis of Clifford algebras.
For all abelian groups there is at least the automorphism that replaces the group elements by their inverses.
An automorphism always maps the identity to itself.
Another type of collineation of PG(2,K) is induced by any automorphism of K, these are called automorphic collineations.
As an example, the automorphism group of (Z, +) contains only two elements, the identity transformation and multiplication with −1; it is isomorphic to Z/2Z.