Notes on Galois Theory
by Mark Reeder
Publisher: Boston College 2012
Number of pages: 66
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From the table of contents: Basic ring theory, polynomial rings; Finite fields; Extensions of rings and fields; Computing Galois groups of polynomials; Galois groups and prime ideals; Cyclotomic extensions and abelian numbers.
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