Abstract Algebra (Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts)

by RonaldSolomon (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $59.06

  Takes a novel approach to the standard introductory material on groups, rings, and fields. This title offers a semi-historical journey through the early decades of the subject as it emerged in the revolutionary work of Euler, Lagrange, Gauss, and Galois. It focuses on the central problem of studying the solutions of polynomial equations.