# Rings with Inquiry

- By: Michael Janssen & Melissa Lindsey
- Publisher: Dordt University & University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Abstract_and_Geometric_Algebra/Rings_with_Inquiry_(Janssen_and_Lindsey))
- Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Abstract_and_Geometric_Algebra/Rings_with_Inquiry_(Janssen_and_Lindsey)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/math-82145/pdf

One of the concepts fundamental to the historical development of algebra is the notion of factorization; closely related questions that have driven the development of algebra over the centuries are: when does a polynomial equation have solutions in a particular number system, and is there a systematic way to find them? The goal of this book is to explore the idea of factorization from an abstract perspective.