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  • ...perspective of [[abstract algebra]]. In particular, heavy use is made of [[ring theory]] and [[Galois theory]]. Algebraic methods are particularly well-sui ...set of points where both coordinates lie in some subfield (like the reals or the rationals). One also needs to add a limit point, called the point at in
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  • A '''prime number''' (or simply '''prime''') is a [[positive integer]] <math>p>1</math> whose only p A prime number is only divisible by one or itself, so a number <math>n</math> is prime if and only if <math>n</math> i
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  • ...e the sum of two cubes, a fourth power to be the sum of two fourth powers, or in general for any number that is a power greater than the second to be the ...b{Z}[\sqrt[n]{-1}]</math>. Unfortunately, this is not often the case. In fact, it has now been known for some time how to solve the problem when this is
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  • ...ath>a</math> is ''congruent to'' <math>b</math> ''modulo'' <math>n</math>, or <math>a \equiv b</math> (mod <math>n</math>), if the difference <math>{a - ...ulo <math>n</math>''' (usually known as "the integers mod <math>n</math>," or <math>\mathbb{Z}_n</math> for short). This structure gives us a useful too
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  • ...ructure of [[abstract algebra]], similar to a [[group]] or a [[field]]. A ring <math>R</math> is a [[set]] of elements closed under two [[operation]]s, us ...te multiplicative law) and the same additive law constitute the ''opposite ring of <math>R</math>'', which can be denoted <math>R^0</math>.
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  • * <math>R</math> is a [[noetherian]] [[ring]]. ...mportant in [[abstract algebra]] and [[number theory]]. For example, the [[ring of integers]] of any [[number field]] is a Dedekind domain.
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  • ...two nonzero [[perfect squares |squares]] if and only if <math>p = 2</math> or <math>p \equiv 1 \pmod{4}</math>; and that this representation is unique. ...uestion in commutative algebra: What is the behavior of prime ideals under ring homomorphisms? This theorem resolves this question for the canonical injec
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  • ...] <math>x</math> with coefficients in <math>R</math>." That is, it is the ring of all sums of the form The ring <math>R[x]</math> is also an <math>R</math>-module.
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  • We say that a [[ring]] or [[module]] is '''Artinian''' is not the case. In fact, Artinian rings are Noetherian but the converse does not hold.
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  • A '''zero ring''' is a ring with one element, 0 (equal to 1), with the may refer to ''the'' zero ring.
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  • ...main if for any nonzero element <math>r\in R</math> which is not a [[unit (ring theory)|unit]]: * The ring of [[integer]]s, <math>\mathbb Z</math> (so in this sense, this result is a
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  • ...n)</math> and <math>P(n)</math> be the sum and the product of the divisors or <math>n</math>, respectively. Calculate <math>S(P(S(P(350))))</math>. (Prop ...waiter had mixed up the glasses so that he wasn't sure which glass had the ring. If the drinks were randomly served in <math>3</math> rounds of <math>7</ma
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  • ..., extends various properties of the [[integer|integers]] to more general [[ring|rings]] and [[field|fields]]. In doing so, many questions concerning [[Diop ..., there was a natural connection to [[quadratic residues]] in play. In the ring of integers, this is a difficult question to analyze, but it becomes much e
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  • The figure below shows a ring made of six small sections which you are to paint on a wall. You have four ...section is color <math>1</math>. We proceed coloring clockwise around the ring. Let <math>f(n,C)</math> be the number of ways to color the first <math>n</
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  • ...ions of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs''. Or the definition of probability is ''the extent to which an event is likely t ...by a letter. This letter is most of the time <math>x</math>,<math>y</math> or <math>z</math> however it can be really any non-used symbol.).
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  • If you have problems or solutions to problems already on this page to contribute, please put it bel (i) <math>1</math> ring changed position (i.e., that ring is transferred from one peg to another)
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  • Their containment is quite obvious: in fact, <math>a_{t, m}=a_{2 t, 2 m}</math>. ...of <math>p-</math> <math>2^{\left[\log _2 p\right]-1}</math> elements. In fact, let <math>B:=S_{2\left(\left[\log _2 p\right]-1\right)+1} \bmod p(</math>
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  • Their containment is quite obvious: in fact, <math>a_{t, m}=a_{2 t, 2 m}</math>. ...of <math>p-</math> <math>2^{\left[\log _2 p\right]-1}</math> elements. In fact, let <math>B:=S_{2\left(\left[\log _2 p\right]-1\right)+1} \bmod p(</math>
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