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Abstract algebra : a gentle introduction /

"Meant for a one-semester course, this textbook introduces topics and key areas of abstract algebra, with exercises. It covers elementary number theory, groups, rings, fields, finite fields, vector spaces, polynomials, and linear codes, with an appendix on mathematical induction, the well-order...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mullen, Gary L. (Author), Sellers, James A. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2017]
Series:Textbooks in mathematics (Boca Raton, Fla.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Elementary number theory
  • 2. Groups
  • 3. Rings
  • 4. Fields
  • 5. Finite fields
  • 6. Vector spaces
  • 7. Polynomials
  • 8. Linear codes
  • 9. Appendix
  • 10. Hints and partial solutions to selected exercises.