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A prerequisite for understanding the deeper theorems about linear transformations is a knowledge of factorization of polynomials as products of prime polynomials. This topic is developed from its beginning in this chapter, along with the facts about complex numbers that will be needed in later chapters.
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Curtis, C.W. (1984). Polynomials and Complex Numbers. In: Linear Algebra. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1136-5_6
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