A surname from French. / French mathematician Évariste Galois

(algebra, field theory) The branch of mathematics dealing with Galois groups, Galois fields, and polynomial equations.

plural of Galois group

(algebra, Galois theory) The automorphism group of a Galois extension.

(algebra) A finite field.

plural of Galois field

plural of Galois connection

(category theory, order theory) A type of correspondence between partially ordered sets (posets), also applicable to preordered sets.

plural of Galois theory

plural of Galois extension