You are talking about (abstract) algebraic structures, and not about rings and algebras (over a ring or field) > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alg

You are talking about (abstract) algebraic structures, and not about rings and algebras (over a ring or field) > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_over_a_field&oldid=1364315384 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_over_a_fi... > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_over_a_field&oldid=1364315384#Generalization:_algebra_over_a_ring https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_over_a_fi... > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Associative_algebra&oldid=1358534677 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Associative_algeb... The latter is what aground asked for in https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=agrounds https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=agrounds > I’m surprised that rings and algebras would come up in a CS degree. What algorithms topics used those concepts?