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by D. E. Littlewood
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ISBN: 0486425436 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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A straightforward explanation of the abstract principles common to science and mathematics, this helpful volume enables scientists and mathematicians to read and appreciate papers in fields different from their own. Topics include Euclid's algorithm; congruences; polynomials; complex numbers and algebraic fields; algebraic integers, ideals, and p-adic numbers and more. 1960 edition.
Table of Contents for The Skeleton Key of Mathematics: A Simple Account of Complex Algebraic Theories
| Preface | |||||||
| Chapter | |||||||
| I The Method of Abstraction | |||||||
| II Numbers | |||||||
| III Euclid's Algorithm | |||||||
| IV Congruences | |||||||
| V Polynomials | |||||||
| VI Complex Numbers and Algebraic Fields | |||||||
| VII "Algebraic Integers, Ideals and p-adic Numbers" | |||||||
| VIII Groups | |||||||
| IX The Galois Theory of Equations | |||||||
| X Algebraic Geometry | |||||||
| XI Matrices and Determinants | |||||||
| XII Invariants and Tensors | |||||||
| XIII Algebras | |||||||
| XIV Group Algebras | |||||||
| XV The Symmetric Group | |||||||
| XVI Continuous Groups | |||||||
| XVII Application to Invariants | |||||||
| Index |