A concrete approach to abstract algebra : from the integers to the insolvability of the quintic /: from the integers to the insolvability of the quintic. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey Bergen.
• Other Names: Bergen, Jeffrey, 1955-
• Contents: Introduction; What This Book Is about and Who This Book Is for; Proof and Intuition; The Integers; Rational Numbers and the Real Numbers; The Complex Numbers; The fundamental Theorem of Algebra; The Integers Modulo n; Group Theory; Polynomials over the Integers and Rationals; Roots of Polynomials of Degree Less than 5; Rational Values of Trigonometric Functions; Polynomials over Arbitrary Fields; Difference Functions and Partial Fractions; An Introduction to Linear Algebra and Vector Spaces; Degrees and Galois Groups of Field Extensions; Geometric Constructions; The Insolvability of the Quintic; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (720 pages)
• Subjects: 512/.02; Algebra, Abstract
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080958620; 0080958621
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.