Algebraically Closed

A field is said to be algebraically closed if every polynomial with coefficients in has a root in .

See also

Algebraic Closure, Field

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References

Dummit, D. S. and Foote, R. M. Abstract Algebra, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, p. 455, 1998.

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