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Trivial vs Torsor - What's the difference?

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In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between trivial and torsor

is that trivial is (mathematics) self-evident while torsor is (mathematics) a principal homogeneous space for a group, such that the stabilizer subgroup of any point is trivial.

As nouns the difference between trivial and torsor

is that trivial is (obsolete) any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium while torsor is (mathematics) a principal homogeneous space for a group, such that the stabilizer subgroup of any point is trivial.

As an adjective trivial

is ignorable; of little significance or value.

trivial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ignorable; of little significance or value.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
  • "All which details, I have no doubt, Jones , who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial , twaddling, and ultra-sentimental."
  • Commonplace, ordinary.
  • * De Quincey
  • As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial , and incapable of labour.
  • Concerned with or involving trivia.
  • (biology) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
  • (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
  • (mathematics) Self-evident.
  • Pertaining to the trivium.
  • (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
  • Synonyms

    * (of little significance) ignorable, negligible, trifling

    Antonyms

    * nontrivial * important * significant * radical * fundamental

    Derived terms

    * trivia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
  • (Skelton)
    (Wood)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    torsor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia torsor)
  • (mathematics) A principal homogeneous space for a group, such that the stabilizer subgroup of any point is trivial.
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