abelian |
nonabelian |
As adjectives the difference between abelian and nonabelian
is that
abelian is (mathematics|dated) (
abelian) while
nonabelian is not abelian.
As a noun abelian
is (roman catholicism|historical) a member of a sect in fourth-century africa mentioned by st augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of abel.
abelian |
metabelian |
In mathematics terms the difference between abelian and metabelian
is that
abelian is having a commutative defining operation while
metabelian is having an abelian commutator subgroup.
As a noun Abelian
is a member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.
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