Galois theory

By - Stewart, Ian, 1945-

Floor - Floor 2

Published - Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2004.

ISBN 10 - 1584883936

ISBN 13 - 9781584883937

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Galois theory.

Shelf No - 2

Call Number - 512.3 STE 2004

Edition - 3rd ed.

Physical Description - xxxv, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes - Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index.

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Ian Stewart's Galois Theory has been in print for 30 years. Resoundingly popular, it still serves its purpose exceedingly well. Yet mathematics education has changed considerably since 1973, when theory took precedence over examples, and the time has come to bring this presentation in line with more modern approaches. To this end, the story now begins with polynomials over the complex numbers, and the central quest is to understand when such polynomials have solutions that can be expressed by radicals. Reorganization of the material places the concrete before the abstract, thus motivating the general theory, but the substance of the book remains the same.

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