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Martin

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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:50 am    Post subject: Algebra question

A complex number is called an algebraic number if it is the root of a monic polynomial in . Show that the sum and product of two algebraic integers are algebraic integers. (an exercise from Hungerford’s “Algebra”)

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