The awkward middle child of algebra
The Endeavour 2021-12-07
Summary:
Abstract algebra is basically the study of groups, rings, and fields. There are more concepts, but these are the big three. Groups have the least structure and fields have the most structure. Rings are somewhere in the middle. Groups have just one operation, which is thought of as multiplication by default. If the group operation […]
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