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    \(G\)-equivalent, Paragraph
    \(G\)-set, Paragraph
    \(n\)th root of unity, Paragraph Paragraph
    Abel, Niels Henrik, Paragraph
    Abelian group, Paragraph
    Ackermann's function, Exercise
    Adleman, L., Paragraph
    Algebraic closure, Paragraph
    Algebraic extension, Paragraph
    Algebraic number, Paragraph
    Algorithm
    division, Theorem
    Euclidean, Paragraph
    Ascending chain condition, Paragraph
    Associate elements, Paragraph
    Atom, Paragraph
    Automorphism
    inner, Exercise
    Basis of a lattice, Paragraph
    Bieberbach, L., Paragraph
    Binary operation, Paragraph
    Binary symmetric channel, Paragraph
    Boole, George, Paragraph
    Boolean algebra
    atom in a, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    finite, Paragraph
    isomorphism, Paragraph
    Boolean function, Paragraph Exercise
    Burnside's Counting Theorem, Theorem
    Burnside, William, Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph
    Cancellation law
    for groups, Paragraph
    for integral domains, Proposition
    Cardano, Gerolamo, Paragraph
    Carmichael numbers, Exercise
    Cauchy's Theorem, Theorem
    Cauchy, Augustin-Louis, Paragraph
    Cayley table, Paragraph
    Cayley's Theorem, Theorem
    Cayley, Arthur, Paragraph
    Centralizer
    of a subgroup, Paragraph
    Characteristic of a ring, Paragraph
    Chinese Remainder Theorem
    for integers, Theorem
    Cipher, Paragraph
    Ciphertext, Paragraph
    Circuit
    parallel, Paragraph
    series, Paragraph
    series-parallel, Paragraph
    Class equation, Paragraph
    Code
    BCH, Paragraph
    cyclic, Paragraph
    group, Paragraph
    linear, Paragraph
    minimum distance of, Paragraph
    polynomial, Paragraph
    Commutative diagrams, Paragraph
    Commutative rings, Paragraph
    Composite integer, Paragraph
    Composition series, Paragraph
    Congruence modulo \(n\), Example
    Conjugacy classes, Paragraph
    Conjugate elements, Paragraph
    Conjugate, complex, Paragraph
    Conjugation, Example
    Constructible number, Paragraph
    Correspondence Theorem
    for groups, Theorem
    for rings, Theorem
    Coset
    leader, Paragraph
    left, Paragraph
    representative, Paragraph
    right, Paragraph
    Coset decoding, Paragraph
    Cryptanalysis, Paragraph
    Cryptosystem
    affine, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    monoalphabetic, Paragraph
    polyalphabetic, Paragraph
    private key, Paragraph
    public key, Paragraph
    RSA, Paragraph
    single key, Paragraph
    Cycle
    definition of, Paragraph
    disjoint, Paragraph
    De Morgan's laws
    for Boolean algebras, Item
    for sets, Theorem
    De Morgan, Augustus, Paragraph
    Decoding table, Paragraph
    Deligne, Pierre, Paragraph
    DeMoivre's Theorem, Theorem
    Derivative, Paragraph
    Determinant, Vandermonde, Paragraph
    Dickson, L. E., Paragraph
    Diffie, W., Paragraph
    Direct product of groups
    external, Paragraph
    internal, Paragraph
    Discriminant
    of the cubic equation, Exercise
    of the quadratic equation, Exercise
    Division algorithm
    for integers, Theorem
    for polynomials, Theorem
    Division ring, Paragraph
    Domain
    Euclidean, Paragraph
    principal ideal, Paragraph
    unique factorization, Paragraph
    Doubling the cube, Paragraphs
    Eisenstein's Criterion, Theorem
    Element
    associate, Paragraph
    identity, Item
    inverse, Item
    irreducible, Paragraph
    order of, Paragraph
    prime, Paragraph
    primitive, Paragraph
    transcendental, Paragraph
    Equivalence class, Paragraph
    Equivalence relation, Paragraph
    Euclidean algorithm, Paragraph
    Euclidean domain, Paragraph
    Euclidean group, Paragraph
    Euclidean inner product, Paragraph
    Euclidean valuation, Paragraph
    Euler \(\phi\)-function, Paragraph
    Euler, Leonhard, Paragraph Paragraph
    Extension
    algebraic, Paragraph
    field, Paragraph
    finite, Paragraph
    normal, Paragraph
    radical, Paragraph
    separable, Paragraph Paragraph
    simple, Paragraph
    External direct product, Paragraph
    Faltings, Gerd, Paragraph
    Feit, W., Paragraph Paragraph
    Fermat's factorizationalgorithm, Exercise
    Fermat's Little Theorem, Theorem
    Fermat, Pierre de, Paragraph Paragraph
    Ferrari, Ludovico, Paragraph
    Ferro, Scipione del, Paragraph
    Field, Paragraph
    algebraically closed, Paragraph
    base, Paragraph
    extension, Paragraph
    fixed, Paragraph
    Galois, Paragraph
    of fractions, Paragraph
    of quotients, Paragraph
    splitting, Paragraph
    Finitely generated group, Paragraph
    Fior, Antonio, Paragraph
    First Isomorphism Theorem
    for groups, Theorem
    for rings, Theorem
    Fixed point set, Paragraph
    Freshman's Dream, Lemma
    Function
    bijective, Paragraph
    composition of, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    domain of, Paragraph
    identity, Paragraph
    injective, Paragraph
    invertible, Paragraph
    one-to-one, Paragraph
    onto, Paragraph
    range of, Paragraph
    surjective, Paragraph
    switching, Paragraph Exercise
    Fundamental Theorem
    of Algebra, Theorem Theorem
    of Arithmetic, Theorem
    of Finite Abelian Groups, Theorem
    Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory, Theorem
    Galois field, Paragraph
    Galois group, Paragraph
    Galois, Évariste, Paragraph Paragraph
    Gauss's Lemma, Theorem
    Gauss, Karl Friedrich, Paragraph
    Gaussian integers, Example
    Generator of a cyclic subgroup, Paragraph
    Generators for a group, Paragraph
    Glide reflection, Paragraph
    Gorenstein, Daniel, Paragraph
    Greatest common divisor
    of two integers, Paragraph
    of two polynomials, Paragraph
    Greatest lower bound, Paragraph
    Greiss, R., Paragraph
    Grothendieck, Alexander, Paragraph
    Group
    \(p\)-group, Paragraph Paragraph
    abelian, Paragraph
    action, Paragraph
    alternating, Paragraph
    center of, Paragraph
    circle, Paragraph
    commutative, Paragraph
    cyclic, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    dihedral, Paragraph
    Euclidean, Paragraph
    factor, Paragraph
    finite, Paragraph
    finitely generated, Paragraph
    Galois, Paragraph
    general linear, Example Paragraph
    generators of, Paragraph
    homomorphism of, Paragraph
    infinite, Paragraph
    isomorphic, Paragraph
    isomorphism of, Paragraph
    nonabelian, Paragraph
    noncommutative, Paragraph
    of units, Example
    order of, Paragraph
    orthogonal, Paragraph
    permutation, Paragraph
    point, Paragraph
    quaternion, Example
    quotient, Paragraph
    solvable, Paragraph
    space, Paragraph
    special linear, Example Paragraph
    special orthogonal, Paragraph
    symmetric, Paragraph
    symmetry, Paragraph
    Gödel, Kurt, Paragraph
    Hamming distance, Paragraph
    Hamming, R., Paragraph
    Hellman, M., Paragraph
    Homomorphic image, Paragraph
    Homomorphism
    canonical, Paragraph Paragraph
    evaluation, Example Paragraph
    kernel of a group, Paragraph
    kernel of a ring, Paragraph
    of groups, Paragraph
    ring, Paragraph
    Ideal
    definition of, Paragraph
    maximal, Paragraph
    one-sided, Remark
    prime, Paragraph
    principal, Paragraph
    trivial, Example
    two-sided, Remark
    Indeterminate, Paragraph
    Index of a subgroup, Paragraph
    Induction
    first principle of, Principle
    second principle of, Principle
    Infimum, Paragraph
    Inner product, Paragraph
    Integral domain, Paragraph
    Internal direct product, Paragraph
    International standard book number, Exercise
    Irreducible element, Paragraph
    Irreducible polynomial, Paragraph
    Isometry, Paragraph
    Isomorphism
    of Boolean algebras, Paragraph
    of groups, Paragraph
    ring, Paragraph
    Join, Paragraph
    Jordan, C., Paragraph
    Jordan-Hölder Theorem, Theorem
    Kernel
    of a group homomorphism, Paragraph
    of a ring homomorphism, Paragraph
    Key
    definition of, Paragraph
    private, Paragraph
    public, Paragraph
    single, Paragraph
    Kronecker delta, Lemma Paragraph
    Kronecker, Leopold, Paragraph
    Kummer, Ernst, Paragraph
    Lagrange's Theorem, Theorem
    Lagrange, Joseph-Louis, Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph
    Laplace, Pierre-Simon, Paragraph
    Lattice
    completed, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    distributive, Paragraph
    Lattice of points, Paragraph
    Lattices, Principle of Duality for, Axiom
    Least upper bound, Paragraph
    Left regular representation, Paragraph
    Lie, Sophus, Paragraph Paragraph
    Linear combination, Paragraph
    Linear dependence, Paragraph
    Linear independence, Paragraph
    Linear map, Paragraph
    Linear transformation
    definition of, Example Paragraph
    Lower bound, Paragraph
    Mapping. See Function
    Matrix
    distance-preserving, Paragraph
    generator, Paragraph
    inner product-preserving, Paragraph
    invertible, Paragraph
    length-preserving, Paragraph
    nonsingular, Paragraph
    null space of, Paragraph
    orthogonal, Paragraph
    parity-check, Paragraph
    similar, Example
    unimodular, Paragraph
    Matrix, Vandermonde, Paragraph
    Maximal ideal, Paragraph
    Maximum-likelihood decoding, Paragraph
    Meet, Paragraph
    Minimal generator polynomial, Paragraph
    Minimal polynomial, Paragraph
    Minkowski, Hermann, Paragraph
    Monic polynomial, Paragraph
    Mordell-Weil conjecture, Paragraph
    Multiplicity of a root, Paragraph
    Noether, A. Emmy, Paragraph
    Noether, Max, Paragraph
    Normal extension, Paragraph
    Normal series of a group, Paragraph
    Normal subgroup, Paragraph
    Normalizer, Paragraph
    Null space
    of a matrix, Paragraph
    Odd Order Theorem, Theorem
    Orbit, Paragraph
    Orthogonal group, Paragraph
    Orthogonal matrix, Paragraph
    Orthonormal set, Paragraph
    Partial order, Paragraph
    Partially ordered set, Paragraph
    Partitions, Paragraph
    Permutation
    cycle structure of, Exercise
    definition of, Example Paragraph
    even, Paragraph
    odd, Paragraph
    Permutation group, Paragraph
    Plaintext, Paragraph
    Polynomial
    code, Paragraph
    content of, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    degree of, Paragraph
    error, Paragraph
    error-locator, Exercise
    greatest common divisor of, Paragraph
    irreducible, Paragraph
    leading coefficient of, Paragraph
    minimal, Paragraph
    minimal generator, Paragraph
    monic, Paragraph
    primitive, Paragraph
    root of, Paragraph
    separable, Paragraph
    zero of, Paragraph
    Polynomial separable, Paragraph
    Polynomial!in \(n\) indeterminates, Paragraph
    Poset
    definition of, Paragraph
    largest element in, Paragraph
    smallest element in, Paragraph
    Power set, Example
    Prime element, Paragraph
    Prime ideal, Paragraph
    Prime integer, Paragraph
    Primitive \(n\)th root of unity, Paragraph Paragraph
    Primitive element, Paragraph
    Primitive Element Theorem, Theorem
    Primitive polynomial, Paragraph
    Principal ideal, Paragraph
    Principal ideal domain (PID), Paragraph
    Principal series, Paragraph
    Pseudoprime, Exercise
    Quaternions, Example Example
    Resolvent cubic equation, Exercise
    Rigid motion, Paragraph Paragraph
    Ring
    characteristic of, Paragraph
    commutative, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    division, Paragraph
    factor, Paragraph
    homomorphism, Paragraph
    isomorphism, Paragraph
    Noetherian, Paragraph
    quotient, Paragraph
    with identity, Paragraph
    with unity, Paragraph
    Rivest, R., Paragraph
    RSA cryptosystem, Paragraph
    Ruffini, P., Paragraph
    Russell, Bertrand, Paragraph
    Scalar product, Paragraph
    Second Isomorphism Theorem
    for groups, Theorem
    for rings, Theorem
    Shamir, A., Paragraph
    Shannon, C., Paragraph
    Sieve of Eratosthenes, Exercise
    Simple extension, Paragraph
    Simple group, Paragraph
    Simple root, Paragraph
    Solvability by radicals, Paragraph
    Spanning set, Paragraph
    Splitting field, Paragraph
    Squaring the circle is impossible, Paragraphs
    Standard decoding, Paragraph
    Subgroup
    centralizer, Paragraph
    commutator, Paragraph
    cyclic, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    index of, Paragraph
    isotropy, Paragraph
    normal, Paragraph
    normalizer of, Paragraph
    proper, Paragraph
    stabilizer, Paragraph
    Sylow\(p\)-subgroup, Paragraph
    translation, Paragraph
    trivial, Paragraph
    Subgroup!\(p\)-subgroup, Paragraph
    Subnormal series of a group, Paragraph
    Subring, Paragraph
    Supremum, Paragraph
    Switch
    closed, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    open, Paragraph
    Switching function, Paragraph Exercise
    Sylow \(p\)-subgroup, Paragraph
    Sylow, Ludvig, Paragraph
    Syndrome of a code, Paragraph Paragraph
    Tartaglia, Paragraph
    Third Isomorphism Theorem
    for groups, Theorem
    for rings, Theorem
    Thompson, J., Paragraph Paragraph
    Transcendental element, Paragraph
    Transcendental number, Paragraph
    Transposition, Paragraph
    Trisection of an angle, Subsection
    Unique factorization domain (UFD), Paragraph
    Universal Product Code, Exercise
    Upper bound, Paragraph
    Vandermonde determinant, Paragraph
    Vandermonde matrix, Paragraph
    Vector space
    basis of, Paragraph
    definition of, Paragraph
    dimension of, Paragraph
    subspace of, Paragraph
    Weight of a codeword, Paragraph
    Weil, André, Paragraph
    Well-defined map, Paragraph
    Well-ordered set, Paragraph
    Whitehead, Alfred North, Paragraph
    Zero
    multiplicity of, Paragraph
    of a polynomial, Paragraph
    Zero divisor, Paragraph
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