commutation vs commutator

commutation

noun
  • The reversal of an electric current. 

  • The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State 

  • Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. 

  • The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. 

  • Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. 

  • Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. 

commutator

noun
  • An electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current. 

  • A binary map in a given group G, given by [g, h] = ghg⁻¹h⁻¹, where g and h are elements of G, which yields the group's identity if and only if the group operation commutes for g and h. 

  • A binary map in a given ring R, given by [a, b] = ab − ba, where a and b are elements of R, which yields the ring's zero element if and only if the multiplication operation commutes for a and b. 

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