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The algebraic system encompassing fields and polynomials is a commutative ring with 1. We assume that the reader has, at some time, heard the words group, ring, and homomorphism; our discussion is, therefore, not leisurely, but it is complete.
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Rotman, J. (1998). Rings. In: Galois Theory. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0617-0_2
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