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The emergence of algebraic structure: students come to understand units and zero-divisors

John Paul CookDepartment of Mathematics, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 349-359 | Received 23 Jan 2013, Published online: 07 Oct 2013

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