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Title

A history of abstract algebra / Israel Kleiner.

Author

Kleiner, Israel.

Publication

Boston : Birkhäuser, c2007.

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Description

xiii, 168 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The development of abstract algebra was propelled by the need for new tools to address certain classical problems that appeared unsolvable by classical means. A major theme of the approach in this book is to show how abstract algebra has arisen in attempts to solve some of these classical problems, providing context from which the reader may gain a deeper appreciation of the mathematics involved." "Mathematics instructors, algebraists, and historians of science will find the work a valuable reference. The book may also serve as a supplemental text for courses in abstract algebra or the history of mathematics."--Jacket.

Subject

• Algebra, Abstract > History
• Mathematics
• Algebra
• Field theory (Physics)
• Group theory
• Matrix theory
• Mathematics_$xHistory
• History of Mathematics
• Group Theory and Generalizations
• Commutative Rings and Algebras
• Field Theory and Polynomials
• Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

History of classical algebra -- History of group theory -- History of ring theory -- History of field theory -- History of linear algebra -- Emmy Noether and the advent of abstract algebra -- A course in abstract algebra inspired by history -- Biographies of selected mathematicians.

ISBN

• 9780817646844 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 0817646841 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 081764685X (ebook)
• 9780817646851 (ebook)
• 9780387340500 (hbk.)
• 0387340505 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2007932362

OCLC

76935733

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library