Classification theorem

In mathematics, a classification theorem answers the classification problem "What are the objects of a given type, up to some equivalence?". It gives a non-redundant enumeration: each object is equivalent to exactly one class.

A few related issues to classification are the following.

There exist many classification theorems in mathematics, as described below.

Geometry

Algebra

Linear algebra

Complex analysis

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