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Rings

A ring supports addition and multiplication linked by distributive laws.

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  • Affine varieties

    Common polynomial zero sets define affine algebraic sets over a chosen field.

  • Algebraic dimension

    Chains of prime ideals define Krull dimension and connect algebraic structure to geometric dimension.

  • Binary operations

    A binary operation combines two elements into one in a specified set.

  • Coordinate rings

    Polynomial functions on an affine algebraic set form a quotient by its vanishing ideal.

  • Field extensions

    A field extension contains a smaller field and can be viewed as its vector space.

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