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Algebra is the study of abstract systems. One of the most fundamental of these systems is called a group. The notion of a group is used in many branches of mathematics and in a wide variety of applications, including computer design and programming languages, coding, elementary particle and nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, molecular structure and crystallography.
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© 1988 Carol Whitehead
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Whitehead, C. (1988). Groups: Some Groundwork. In: Guide to Abstract Algebra. Macmillan Mathematical Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09041-9_6
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