I found the concept of an "associate" very hard to understand. The book didn't really provide a good example that could solidify in my mind what it means. If I understand correctly, if a=3 and b=1/2 then u would be 6 so that a=bu? It's much more difficult to think about in terms of polynomials....
Reflective:
The idea of a polynomial being "irreducible" is interesting. It's technically a way of finding "prime" polynomials, but for some reason they thought "irreducible" would be a better term :)
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