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integers that can be represented
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primes that can be represented
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Example 1.2.1
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Example 1.2.2
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every component
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every exponent
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the proof of the theorem
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the proof of the proposition
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compute $\varphi (24)$
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compute $\varphi (27)$
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$| a_n - a_m | < 0$
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$| a_n - a_m | < \epsilon$
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subset of $S \times T$
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subset of $S \times U$
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For
$B = \{ f(x_1 ), f(x_1 ), \ldots, f(x_n ) \}$
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$B = \{ f(x_1 ), f(x_2 ), \ldots, f(x_n ) \}$
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For
correspond to the equivalence classes $S/f$
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are the equivalence classes in $S/f$
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Example 2.2.6
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Proposition 2.2.5
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It $\sigma \tau = \tau \sigma$
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If $\sigma \tau = \tau \sigma$
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$ \frac{bd - ad}{c^2 + d^2} i $
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$ \frac{bc - ad}{c^2 + d^2} i $
82, line 8
Correction:
$ \sin \frac{\theta}{2} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{1 - \cos \theta}{2} }
\cos \frac{\theta}{2} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{1 + \cos \theta}{2} } $
82, line -2
Correction:
$\cos (x) = 1-\frac{x^2}{2}+\frac{x^4}{4!}-\frac{x^6}{6!}+\ldots$
$\sin (x) = x-\frac{x^3}{3!}+\frac{x^5}{5!}-\frac{x^7}{7!}+\dots$
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For
never zero, it follows that $f$ is an entire function and hence
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nonzero, it follows that $f$ is a bounded entire function and
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$z^3 +a_2 z +a_1 z +a_0$
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$z^3 +a_2 z^2 +a_1 z +a_0$
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denoted by $SL_n (F)$
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denoted by $SL_n (R)$
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$Z_n$ of integers modulo $n$
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$Z_6$ of integers modulo $6$
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$H = \{ [1],[3] \}$
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$H = \{ [1],[8] \}$
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$p_1 < p_2 < \ldots < p_n$
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$p_1 < p_2 < \ldots < p_m$
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$p_1 < p_2 < \ldots < p_n$
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$p_1 < p_2 < \ldots < p_m$
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Section 2.2
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Section 2.3
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Section 2.2
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Section 2.3
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$\{ x \in G \mid \phi (x) = e \}$
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$\{ x \in G_1 \mid \phi (x) = e \}$
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normal subgroup of $G$
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subgroup of $G$
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elements $a$ of order $4$ and $b$ or
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elements $a$ of order $4$ and $b$ of
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$ \ldots + (a_2 b_0 +a_1 b_1 +a_2 b_0) x^2 + $
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$ \ldots + (a_2 b_0 +a_1 b_1 +a_0 b_2) x^2 + $
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$c_k$ of $f(x) g(x)$
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$c_k$ of $x^k$ in $f(x) g(x)$
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$q(x), r(x) \in F$
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$q(x), r(x) \in F[x]$
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$a_m b_{n-1} x^{m-n} g(x)$
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$a_m b_n^{-1} x^{m-n} g(x)$
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Example 4.2.4
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Example 4.2.2
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give us
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gives us
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$x^2 + 2$
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$x^2 - 2$
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polynomial with rational coefficients
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polynomial with rational coefficients,
such that $a_n$ and $a_0$ are nonzero
180, Exercise 11
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(where $p$ is any prime number).
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$ \frac{c(x+d)}{(x^2+ax+b)^m} $
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$ \frac{cx+d}{(x^2+ax+b)^m} $
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$c(x) + d(x) \mod p(x)) $
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$c(x) + d(x) (\mod p(x)) $
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$c(x)d(x) ( \mod (x)) $
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$c(x)d(x) ( \mod p(x)) $
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If $c$ is a root of $f(x)$
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If $c$ is an integral root of $f(x)$
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$f(n) = q(n)(c-n)$,
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$f(n) = q(n)(n-c)$,
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rational roots of equations such as
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integer (and thus rational) roots of monic equations such as
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$x^2 - 7 x^2 + 4x - 28 = 0$
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$x^3 - 7 x^2 + 4x - 28 = 0$
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$D^{\times}$
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$D^{\ast}$
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Define $+$ on $S$
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Define $+$ on $R_1$
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domain
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integral domain
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polynomials in $K[x]$
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nonzero polynomials in $K[x]$
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polynomial $f(x) \in K[x]$
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nonzero polynomial $f(x) \in K[x]$
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An ideal is prime
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A nonzero ideal is prime
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polynomial $f(x) = a_0 +a_1 x + \ldots a_n x^n$
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nonzero polynomial $f(x) = a_0 +a_1 x + \ldots + a_n x^n$
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Proposition 4.2.1
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Proposition 4.3.1
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mapped by $\phi$ to $t(x)$
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mapped by $\phi '$ to $t(x)$
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finite field
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finite fields
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$p|Z(G)|$
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$p | |Z(G)|$
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adding $K_i$
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adding $H$
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Let $G$ be a finite group
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Let $G$ be a group
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where $\omega = (-1 + \sqrt 2 i )/2 $
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where $\omega = (-1 + \sqrt 3 i )/2 $
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simple group $F^{\times}$
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cyclic group $F^{\times}$
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$\theta \in \Gal (F/E)$
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$\theta \in \Gal (F/K)$
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$\omega \sqrt[3]{2}, \omega \sqrt[3]{2}\}$ is a basis
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$\omega \sqrt[3]{2}, \omega \sqrt[3]{4}\}$ is a basis
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$i = 2,3,\ldots,n-1$
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$i = 1,2,\ldots,n-1$
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If $|\Gal (F/K)| = p$
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If $[F:K] = |\Gal (F/K)| = p$
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since $G$ is simple
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since $[F:K]$ is prime
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$2, \ldots, n$
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$2, \ldots, m$
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Any element $\phi$ of $\Gal (E(\zeta) / K(\zeta))$
leaves $\zeta$ fixed, so $\phi (E) = E$
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For any $\phi \in \Gal (E(\zeta) / K(\zeta))$,
$\phi (E) = E$ since $E$ is normal over $K$
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$N_1 \supset \ldots \supset \{ 1 \} $
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$N_1 \supset \ldots \supset \{ e \} $
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prime degree
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prime degree $p$
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