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In [[ring theory]], an '''order''' is a [[ring (mathematics)|ring]] which is finitely generated as a '''Z'''-module.
In [[ring theory]], an '''order''' is a [[ring (mathematics)|ring]] which is finitely generated as a '''Z'''-module.


Any [[subring]] of an [[algebraic number field]] composed of [[algebraic integer]]s forms an order: the ring of all algebraic integers in such a field is the ''maximal order''.
Any [[subring]] of an [[algebraic number field]] composed of [[algebraic integer]]s forms an order: the ring of all algebraic integers in such a field is the ''maximal order''.

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In ring theory, an order is a ring which is finitely generated as a Z-module.

Any subring of an algebraic number field composed of algebraic integers forms an order: the ring of all algebraic integers in such a field is the maximal order.