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8.2 Subgroups 252<br />

8.2.1 Subgroups Defined 252<br />

8.2.2 Generated Subgroups 254<br />

8.2.3 Cyclic Subgroups 255<br />

8.3 Quotient Groups 260<br />

8.3.1 Integers Modulo n 260<br />

8.3.2 Quotient Groups 263<br />

8.3.3 Cosets and Lagrange’s Theorem 267<br />

8.4 Permutation Groups 268<br />

8.4.1 Permutation Groups Defined 268<br />

8.4.2 The Symmetric Group 269<br />

8.4.3 The Alternating Group 271<br />

8.4.4 The Dihedral Group 273<br />

8.5 Normal Subgroups 275<br />

8.6 Group Morphisms 280<br />

9 Rings 287<br />

9.1 Rings and Fields 287<br />

9.1.1 Rings Defined 287<br />

9.1.2 Fields Defined 292<br />

9.2 Subrings 293<br />

9.3 Ring Properties 296<br />

9.4 Ring Extensions 301<br />

9.4.1 Adjoining Roots <strong>of</strong> Ring Elements 301<br />

9.4.2 Polynomial Rings 304<br />

9.4.3 Degree <strong>of</strong> a Polynomial 305<br />

9.5 Ideals 306<br />

9.6 Generated Ideals 309<br />

9.7 Prime and Maximal Ideals 312<br />

9.8 Integral Domains 314<br />

9.9 Unique Factorization Domains 319<br />

9.10 Principal Ideal Domains 321<br />

9.11 Euclidean Domains 325<br />

9.12 Polynomials over a Field 328<br />

9.13 Polynomials over the Integers 332<br />

9.14 Ring Morphisms 334<br />

9.14.1 Properties <strong>of</strong> Ring Morphisms 336<br />

9.15 Quotient Rings 339<br />

<strong>Index</strong> 345<br />

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