UID:
almafu_9959327860702883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9780470277973
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0470277971
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9780470277980
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047027798X
Content:
Combines the history, pedagogy, and popularization of algebra to present a unified discussion of the subject, with a contemporary perspective on classical polynomial algebra.
Note:
pt. 1. Numbers and equations -- Lesson 1. What algebra is -- Lesson 2. Equations and their solutions -- Lesson 3. Where algebra comes from -- Lesson 4. Why algebra is important -- Lesson 5. Numerical solution of equations -- pt. 2. formulaic approach to equations -- Lesson 6. Combinatoric solutions I: quadratic equations -- Lesson 7. Combinatoric solutions II: cubic equations -- pt. 3. Resolvents -- Lesson 8. From combinatorics to resolvents -- Lesson 9. search for resolvents -- pt. 4. Abstract algebra -- Lesson 10. Existence and constructibility of roots -- Lesson 11. breakthrough: Galois theory -- Epilogue: modern algebra -- App. Some facts about plynomials.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version. Cooke, Roger, 1942- Classical algebra. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2008 ISBN 9780470259528
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
History.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470277980
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470277980
