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[parent] Viewing Correction to 'trace'
quote marks should look like ``this'' by jac

Correction id: 6124
Filed on: 2005-02-28 01:32:18
Status: Accepted on 2005-04-03 23:11:37
Type: Meta/Minor

Correction text:
The name "trace" derives from the fact that, when $K/F$ is finite, the trace of $x$ is simply the trace of the linear transformation $T: K \longrightarrow K$ of vector spaces over $F$ defined by $T(v) := xv$.

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