The Algebra of Invariants (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics) - Softcover

Grace, John Hilton; Young, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108013090 ISBN 13: 9781108013093

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Invariant theory is a subject within abstract algebra that studies polynomial functions which do not change under transformations from a linear group. John Hilton Grace (1873–1958) was a research mathematician specialising in algebra and geometry. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1908. His co-author Dr Alfred Young (1873–1940) was also a research mathematician before being ordained in 1908; in 1934 he too was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Abstract algebra was one of the new fields of study within mathematics which developed out of geometry during the nineteenth century. It became a major area of research in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First published in 1903, this book introduced the work on invariant theory of the German mathematicians Alfred Clebsch and Paul Gordan into British mathematics. It was considered the standard work on the subject.

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Book Description

John Hilton Grace (1873-1958) and Alfred Young (1873-1940) were mathematicians specialising in algebra and geometry; both became Fellows of the Royal Society. Invariant theory forms part of abstract algebra, and this 1903 book, which became a standard work, brought recent German research to the attention of British scholars.

About the Author

"Alfred F. Young " is Alfred Young is Emeritus Professor of History, Northern Illinois University. His numerous books include The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution and Liberty Tree: Ordinary People and the American Revolution (NYU Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108013090
• ISBN 13: 9781108013093
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398