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English Pages 342 [368] Year 1981
Table of contents :
Content: pt. I. Mathematical foundations: sets and integers. Sets, relations, and functions --
The integers --
pt. II. Algebraic systems. Semigroups, monoids, and groups --
Rings, integral domains, and fields --
Quotient algebras --
Elements of field theory --
pt. III. Algebraic computing. Arithmetic in Euclidean domains --
Computation by homomorphic images --
The fast Fourier transform: its role in computer algebra.