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===Algebraic number theory=== {{Main|Algebraic number theory}} [[Algebraic number theory]] makes uses of groups for some important applications. For example, [[Euler product|Euler's product formula]], :<math> \begin{align} \sum_{n\geq 1}\frac{1}{n^s}& = \prod_{p \text{ prime}} \frac{1}{1-p^{-s}}, \\ \end{align} \!</math> captures [[Fundamental theorem of arithmetic|the fact]] that any integer decomposes in a unique way into [[prime number|primes]]. The failure of this statement for [[Dedekind ring|more general rings]] gives rise to [[class group]]s and [[regular prime]]s, which feature in [[Ernst Kummer|Kummer's]] treatment of [[Fermat's Last Theorem]].
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