Elements of Algebra Geometry, Numbers, Equations

Algebra is abstract mathematics - let us make no bones about it - yet it is also applied mathematics in its best and purest form. It is not abstraction for its own sake, but abstraction for the sake of efficiency, power and insight. Algebra emerged from the struggle to solve concrete, physical probl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stillwell, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Algebra and Geometry
  • 2. The Rational Numbers
  • 3. Numbers in General
  • 4. Polynomials
  • 5. Fields
  • 6. Isomorphisms
  • 7. Groups
  • 8. Galois Theory of Unsolvability
  • 9. Galois Theory of Solvability
  • References