A Brief History of Algebra with a Focus on the Distributive Law and Semiring Theory
Abstract
In this note, we investigate the history of algebra briefly. We particularly focus on the history of rings, semirings, and the distributive law.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1807.11704
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv180711704N
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - History and Overview;
- Mathematics - Commutative Algebra