Source:2.1: Fields (Webpage)
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| 2.1: Fields (Webpage) | |
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| Instance of | web page |
| Author(s) | Michael Janssen and Melissa Lindsey |
| Date | 2026 |
| URL | https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Abstract_and_Geometric_Algebra/Rings_with_Inquiry_(Janssen_and_Lindsey)/02%3A_Fields_and_Rings/2.01%3A_Fields |
Overview
We now begin the process of abstraction. We will do this in stages, beginning with the concept of a field. First, we need to formally define some familiar sets of numbers.