RAMIFICATION

Ramification

In mathematics, ramification is a geometric term used for 'branching out', in the way that the square root function, for complex numbers, can be seen to have two branches differing in sign. It is also used from the opposite perspective as when a covering map degenerates at a point of a space, with some collapsing together of the fibers of the mapping.

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ramification

Noun

  1. A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
  2. An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
  3. An arrangement of branches.


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