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The purpose of this chapter is to review some basic facts that will be needed in the book. The discussion is not intended to be complete, nor are all proofs supplied. We suggest that the reader quickly skim this chapter (or skip it altogether) and use it as a reference if needed.
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(2006). Preliminaries. In: Field Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 158. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27678-5_1
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