
A History of Algebra
From al-Khwarizmi to Emmy Noether
Bartel L. van der Waerden(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 16. January 2013
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Paperback/Softback
XI, 274 pages
978-3-642-51601-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XI, 274 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
441 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-51601-6 (9783642516016)
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.