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Author Hadlock, Charles Robert.

Title Field theory and its classical problems / by Charles Robert Hadlock.

Publication Info. [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Carus mathematical monographs ; number 19
Carus mathematical monographs ; no. 19.
Note Originally published: ©1978.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Annotation Field Theory and its Classical Problems lets Galois theory unfold in a natural way, beginning with the geometric construction problems of antiquity, continuing through the construction of regular n-gons and the properties of roots of unity, and then on to the solvability of polynomial equations by radicals and beyond. The logical pathway is historic, but the terminology is consistent with modern treatments. No previous knowledge of algebra is assumed. Notable topics treated along this route include the transcendence of e and Ï & euro;, cyclotomic polynomials, polynomials over the integers, Hilbert's irreducibility theorem, and many other gems in classical mathematics. Historical and bibliographical notes complement the text, and complete solutions are provided to all problems.
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Subject Algebraic fields.
Algebraic fields.
Geometry -- Famous problems.
Geometry -- Famous problems.
Equations -- Numerical solutions.
Equations -- Numerical solutions.
Radical theory.
Radical theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hadlock, Charles Robert. Field theory and its classical problems 088385032X (DLC) 00105926 (OCoLC)44920517
ISBN 9781614440192 (electronic book)
1614440190 (electronic book)
088385032X
9780883850329