We develop the idea of congruence for polynomials with coefficients in a field. The properties of congruence for polynomials are very similar to those for congruence for integers, as presented in Chapter 5.
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(2009). Congruences and the Chinese Remainder Theorem. In: Childs, L.N. (eds) A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74725-5_17
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