Artin's work on rings included a focus on what other algebraic structure?
Vectors
Matrices
Fields
Groups
Answer
Fields, mathematical systems comprising sets on which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are defined and follow specific rules. Artin's interest in fields stemmed from their significance in the study of algebraic number theory, a branch of mathematics that explores numbers that are solutions to polynomial equations with rational coefficients.
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