A History of Algebra
From al-Khwarizmi to Emmy Noether
Bartel L. van der Waerden(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 1985
Book
Hardback
XI, 274 pages
978-3-540-13610-1 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
1 black & white illustrations, biography
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-13610-1 (9783540136101)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-51599-6
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Content
Algebraic Equations.- Three Muslimic Authors.- Algebra in Italy.- From Viète to Descartes.- The Predecessors of Galois.- Carl Friedrich Gauss.- Evariste Galois.- Camille Jordan.- Groups.- Early Group Theory.- Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.- Algebras.- The Discovery of Algebras.- The Structure of Algebras.- Group Characters.- Representations of Finite Groups and Algebras.- Representations of Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.