For example, the field of math "linear algebra" deals with matrices and matrix functions; matrix multiplication, inverse matrix, eigenvectors and so on, in the context of linear equations.
I mean a field of math like "linear algebra" for tables and analytical table functions.
* There are typical analytical table functions like aggregation and distribution.
* Tables have in principle numbers and attributes; attributes add structure and combination logic to tables. Without attributes tables would be like matrices.
* Tables have meta-data that define the relationships between fields of tables.
As an example, consider following mathematical problem:
We have two sets of tables:
Set1: {t1, t2}
Set2: {t3, t4, t5}
Question:
Does the information content of Set1 contain the information content of Set2?
... where we define information content as follows:
If we can derive all the tables of Set2 by applying the available table functions on tables in Set1 (considering also meta data relationships) we can say:
Information content of Set1 contains information content of Set2.
Which field of math deals with such problems?
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