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The theory of groups is one of the oldest and richest branches of abstract algebra. Groups of transformations play an important role in geometry, and finite groups are fundamental in Galois’ discoveries in the theory of equations. These two fields provided the original impetus to the development of the theory of groups.
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Jacobson, N. (1951). Semi-Groups and Groups. In: Lectures in Abstract Algebra I. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 30. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7301-8_2
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