The Algebraist

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He constructed the classifying space of a topological group and gave a geometric realisation of a semi-simplicial complex. The Nasqueron Dwellers are an advanced and ancient civilisation of non-humanoids who inhabit gas giants.

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It allows the reference to "unknown" numbers, the formulation of equations and the study of how to solve these. These are a Slow species whose lives span billions of years and they are notoriously uninterested in the affairs of the Quick - like humans whose entire existence may rise, flourish and fall in less time than it takes a Dweller to have a nap.

Diophantus used this method of algebra in his book, in particular for indeterminate problems, while Al-Khwarizmi wrote one of the first books in arabic about this method.

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Again thanks to genetic manipulation, the Archimandrite was now and had been for some long time a tall, well-built man with considerable upper-body strength, and when he punched in anger - and he rarely punched in any other state - it was to considerable effect. Other examples of sets include the set of all two-by-two matrices, the set of all second-degree polynomials ( ax 2 + bx + c), the set of all two dimensional vectors of a plane, and the various finite groups such as the cyclic groups, which are the groups of integers modulo n.

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Much high-calibre espionage, imaginative intellectualising and mega-ordnance goes off in spectacular fashion during Fassin's travails. The novel ends with Taak, having left Ulubis and joined the Beyonders, suggesting to a lifelong friend he has just discovered is an AI, "One day we'll all be free".

Portals are relatively small and can be anywhere within a system so long as it is a point of low gravitational gradient, such as a Lagrange point.