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multilinear form

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Given a vector space V over a field K of scalars, a mapping Vk → K that is linear in each of its arguments;

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: multilinear algebra

Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 1985, Jack Peetre, Paracommutators and Minimal Spaces, S. C. Power (editor) Operators and Function Theory, Kluwer Academic (D. Reidel), page 163, Finally, in the short Lecture 5 we make some remarks on multilinear forms over Hilbert spaces, a theory which is still in a rather embryonic state, motivated by the observation that paracommutators (and Hankel operators too) really should be viewed as forms, not operators.
  • 1994, Hessam Khoshnevisan, Mohamad Afshar, Mechanical Elimination of Commutative Redundancy, Baudouin Le Charlier (editor), Static Analysis: 1st International Static Analysis Symposium, Proceedings, Volume 1, Springer, LNCS 864, page 454, A multilinear form is said to be degenerate if all its function variables are identical. Thus a degenerate m-multilinear form can more concisely be written as M!f.

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Meaning 2

Given a vector space V over a field K of scalars, a mapping Vk → K that is linear in each of its arguments; (more generally) a similarly multiply linear mapping Mr → R defined for a given module M over some commutative ring R.

a similarly multiply linear mapping Mr → R defined for a given module M over some commutative ring R.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Qualifier: multilinear algebra

Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences

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4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: forme multilinéaire — multiply linear mapping to a field of scalars
  • German: Multilinearform — multiply linear mapping to a field of scalars
  • Spanish: forma multilineal — multiply linear mapping to a field of scalars
  • Spanish: función multilineal — multiply linear mapping to a field of scalars