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# algebra
-modern algebra is the study of **algebraic structures**: groups, rings, fields, modules, and the like.
-these structures are very abstract: and so results can be applied to a wide variety of situations.
+Modern algebra is the study of **algebraic structures**: groups, rings, fields, modules, and the like. These structures are very abstract: and so results can be applied to a wide variety of situations.
## structures
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ A **vector space** $V$ over a field $F$ of scalars is a set with a binary operat
- additive inverse: $∀v, ∃-v: v+(-v) = 0$
- commutativity: $∀u,v : u+v=v+u$
- $(V, )$ is a *scalar operation*:
- - scalar identity: $∃1 ∈ F : 1v = v1 = v$
- - commutativity: $∀a,b ∈ F, ∀v ∈ V (ab)v = a(bv)$
+ - scalar identity: $∃1 ∈ F, ∀v ∈ V : 1v = v1 = v$
+ - commutativity: $∀a,b ∈ F, ∀v ∈ V : (ab)v = a(bv)$
- The *distributive laws* hold:
- $∀a ∈ F, ∀u,v ∈ V : a(u+v) = au+av$
- $∀a,b ∈ F, ∀v ∈ V : (a+b)v = av + bv$