# Alternating

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**Alternating** may refer to:

## Mathematics

- [Alternating algebra](/source/Alternating_algebra), an algebra in which odd-grade elements square to zero
- [Alternating form](/source/Alternating_form), a function formula in algebra
- [Alternating group](/source/Alternating_group), the group of even permutations of a finite set
- [Alternating knot](/source/Alternating_knot), a knot or link diagram for which the crossings alternate under, over, under, over, as one travels along each component of the link
- [Alternating map](/source/Alternating_map), a multilinear map that is zero whenever any two of its arguments are equal
- [Alternating operator](/source/Alternating_operator), a multilinear map in algebra
- [Alternating permutation](/source/Alternating_permutation), a type of permutation studied in combinatorics
- [Alternating series](/source/Alternating_series), an infinite series in which the signs of the general terms alternate between positive and negative

## Electronics

- [Alternating current](/source/Alternating_current), a flow of electric charge that periodically reverses direction

## Other

- [Alternating turns](/source/Alternating_turns), the process by which people in a conversation decide who is to speak next

## See also

- [Alternate bass](/source/Alternate_bass)
- [Alternative (disambiguation)](/source/Alternative_(disambiguation))

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