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020			_a9781482250060
082			_a512.02 _bMUL
100			_aMullen, Gary L.
245			_aAbstract algebra : a gentle introduction
260			_bCRC Press, _c2017 _aBoca Raton :
300			_ax, 203 p. ; _c25 cm
365			_b79.99 _cGBP _d100.50
490			_aTextbooks in mathematics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aMeant 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-ordering principle, sets, functions, permutations, matrices, and complex numbers.
650			_aAlgebraic coding theory
650			_a Commutative group
650			_a Coset
650			_a Euclidean Algorithm
650			_a Fermat's Theorem
650			_aHamming code
650			_aIntegral domain
650			_a Irreducible polynomial
650			_aLeast nonnegative residue
650			_aLinear code
650			_aLinearly independent
650			_aMathematical Induction
650			_aMOLS
650			_aPolynomial equation
650			_aPrimitive element
650			_aRSA cryptographic system
650			_a Standard array
650			_a Vector space
650			_aZero divisor
700			_aSellers, James A.
942			_2ddc _cBK