Mathematical Terms
- Component (group theory), a quasisimple subnormal subgroup
- Connected component (graph theory), a maximal connected subgraph
- Connected component (topology) in topology, a maximal connected subspace of a topological space
- Vector component, a term in the decomposition of a vector into various directions such as axial, radial or tangential
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