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Abstract Algebra

Groups, rings, fields: symmetry made into structure.

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Take the rules that integers obey, keep only the rules, and ask what else obeys them. Groups capture symmetry, rings capture arithmetic, fields capture solvability. Galois used them to prove the quintic has no formula.

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Matrix Groups and Symmetry

Några av dessa lärdomar är anpassade till öppna texter: Judson, Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications, Wikipedia. Varje lektion sida namnger dess källa och licens.

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What is a group, in plain words?

A set with one operation that is associative, has an identity, and lets every element be undone. Symmetries of any object form a group. That is where the idea came from.

What is the difference between a ring and a field?

A ring has addition and multiplication that behave like the integers (you cannot always divide); a field is a ring where every non-zero element has a reciprocal, like the rationals or the reals.

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