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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(mathematics)
IANAM but for me the significance and meaning is to do with being able to reason about problems at a higher level of abstraction.
E.g. the proof using Galois Field Theory that the heptagon is unconstructable:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructible_polygon
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(mathematics)
IANAM but for me the significance and meaning is to do with being able to reason about problems at a higher level of abstraction.
E.g. the proof using Galois Field Theory that the heptagon is unconstructable:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructible_polygon