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Advanced algebra.

Title
Advanced algebra.
Author
Maxwell, E. A. (Edwin Arthur)
Publication
Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1960-65.

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v.1TextUse in library QA154 .M35 v.1Off-site
v.2TextUse in library QA154 .M35 v.2Off-site

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2 v. illus.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
Algebraic structure and matrices.
Subject
  • Algebra
  • Matrices
Note
  • Part 2 has title: Algebraic structure and matrices.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • v. 1. Advanced algebra. Some fundamental ideas and notations -- The linear polynomial -- The quadratic polynomial -- Complex numbers -- The transformation of equations; synthetic division and the remainder theorem -- Introduction to the general polynomial -- Solution of equations -- Solution of simultaneous equations -- The graph of a polynomial -- Partial fractions -- Inequalities -- The graph of a rational function -- Permutations and combinations -- The binomial theorem -- The summation of series -- Infinite series -- The binomial series -- The exponential series -- The logarithmic series -- Elementary properties of determinants.
  • v. 2. Sec. I: Algebraic structure. One-process algebra -- Neutral elements and inverse operations -- The group structure -- Euclidean spaces -- Two-process algebra: vector spaces -- Two-process algebra: single set, rings and fields -- Subsets -- Theory of numbers: congruences -- Modules of integers -- Polynomial forms -- Sec. II. Matrices. Matrices and mapping -- The elementary manipulation of matrices -- Matrices of orders 2 and 3 -- Partitioned matrices -- Mappings and vector spaces -- Linear equations: rank -- Sec. III. Introduction to more advanced work. Quadratic forms: eigenvectors -- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors: special matrices -- Some abstract conceptions -- Some matrix groups.
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Harvard Library