Cyclic (mathematics)

There are many terms in mathematics that begin with cyclic:
 * Cyclic chain rule, for derivatives, used in thermodynamics
 * Cyclic code, linear codes closed under cyclic permutations
 * Cyclic convolution, a method of combining periodic functions
 * Cycle decomposition (graph theory)
 * Cycle decomposition (group theory)
 * Cyclic extension, a field extension with cyclic Galois group
 * Graph theory:
 * Cyclic function, a periodic function
 * Cycle graph, a connected, 2-regular graph
 * Cycle graph (algebra), a diagram representing the cycles determined by taking powers of group elements
 * Circulant graph, a graph with cyclic symmetry
 * Cycle (graph theory), a nontrivial path in some graph from a node to itself
 * Cyclic graph, a graph containing at least one graph cycle
 * Cyclic group, a group generated by a single element
 * Cyclic homology, an approximation of K-theory used in non-commutative differential geometry
 * Cyclic module, a module generated by a single element
 * Cyclic notation, a way of writing permutations
 * Cyclic number, a number such that cyclic permutations of the digits are successive multiples of the number
 * Cyclic order, a ternary relation defining a way to arrange a set of objects in a circle
 * Cyclic permutation, a permutation with one nontrivial orbit
 * Cyclic polygon, a polygon which can be given a circumscribed circle
 * Cyclic shift, also known as circular shift
 * Cyclic symmetry, n-fold rotational symmetry of 3-dimensional space