Basis

Basis may refer to

• Cost basis, in income tax law, the original cost of property adjusted for factors such as depreciation.
• Basis of futures, the value differential between a future and the spot price
• Basis (options), the value differential between a call option and a put option
• Basis (crystal structure), positions of the atoms inside the unit cell
• BASIS International, a software company
• in Renaissance music, the bassline was sometimes called the basis
• BASIS Schools, a group of high-expectations schools in Arizona, USA.

In mathematics:

• Basis (linear algebra)
  • Schauder basis
• Basis (universal algebra)
• Transcendence basis of a field extension
• Generating set of an ideal (ring theory):
  • Gröbner basis
  • Hilbert's basis theorem
• Generating set of a group
• base (topology) of a topology: a generating set of the open sets of the topology
• Greedoid

In chemistry:

• Basis set (chemistry)

In people:

• Dimitris Basis Greek singer

See also

• Basis point, 0.01%, often used in the context of interest rates
• Basic (disambiguation)
• Base (disambiguation)