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| | Math 7200 |
 | | Note that Zorn's lemma and the Hausdorff Maximality Principle are simply two versions of the same result. |
 | | This consists of the basic definition of a group, examples (some of which will be presented in class) of groups, subgroups, order of groups and elements, the fundamental theorem on cyclic groups, cosets and Lagrange's theorem. |
 | | This week we will be continuing the study of rings, including the fundamental theorem of arithmetic (unique factorization into primes) for PID's, examples of Euclidean rings and the Euclidean algorithm in such rings, and Gauss's lemma on irreducible polynomials in Z[X]. |
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