In mathematics, the notion of a germ of an object in/on a topological space is an equivalence class of that object and others of the same kind that captures...

Look up germ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Germ or germs may refer to: Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen Germ cell, cell that...

closeness (mathematics) neighbourhood (mathematics) Continuity (topology) Homeomorphism Local homeomorphism Open and closed maps Germ (mathematics) Base (topology)...

Look up sheaf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In mathematics, a sheaf (pl.: sheaves) is a tool for systematically tracking data (such as sets, abelian...

In mathematics, differential refers to several related notions derived from the early days of calculus, put on a rigorous footing, such as infinitesimal...

theory proposed that all diseases were transmitted by "bad air". The modern germ theory of disease has found that diseases are caused by microorganisms, which...

In mathematics, the stalk of a sheaf is a mathematical construction capturing the behaviour of a sheaf around a given point. Sheaves are defined on open...

terms of germs. Formally, a tangent vector at the point x {\displaystyle x} is a linear derivation of the algebra defined by the set of germs at x {\displaystyle...

plane-curve singularity. A germ of analytic algebras is then an object in the opposite category of such algebras. Then, a deformation of a germ of analytic algebras...

factual an explanation of the universe as the atomic theory of matter or the germ theory of disease. Our understanding of gravity is still a work in progress...