Galois theory
by Emil Artin, Arthur N. Milgram · first published 1942
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…In other words, everything has its usual meaning, except that addition wraps around so that you remain in the two-element set. Finite fields are kind of fun. The body of knowledge about them is called Galois Theory and makes a pretty good entrée into the world of abstract algebra. Interested readers might want to check out the short, $8 book by Émil Artin from Dover [0] for a good introduction. 0. https://www.amazon.com/Galois-Theory-Delivered-University-Ma...
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