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ERIC Number: EJ536610
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
What are the Fundamental Concepts of Group Theory?
Burn, Bob
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v31 n4 p371-77 Dec 1996
This paper offers a critical analysis of Dubinsky et al. (On Learning Fundamental Concepts of Group Theory; 1994) and proposes, as an alternative to the four axioms and the standard definitions, that permutation and symmetry may be regarded as the fundamental concepts of group theory. (Author)
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Education, Postsecondary Education, Symmetry
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Group Theory; Isomorphism; Permutations (Mathematics)