Galois Theory, Third Edition (Chapman Hall/Crc Mathematics) - Softcover

Stewart, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584883936 ISBN 13: 9781584883937

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2003

Synopsis

Ian Stewart's Galois Theory has been in print for 30 years. Resoundingly popular, it still serves its purpose exceedingly well. Yet mathematics education has changed considerably since 1973, when theory took precedence over examples, and the time has come to bring this presentation in line with more modern approaches.

To this end, the story now begins with polynomials over the complex numbers, and the central quest is to understand when such polynomials have solutions that can be expressed by radicals. Reorganization of the material places the concrete before the abstract, thus motivating the general theory, but the substance of the book remains the same.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University, Coventry, UK, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the AAAS.

Review:

This edition preserves and even extends one of the most popular features of the original edition: the historical introduction and the story of the fatal duel of Evariste Galois. ... These historical notes should be of interest to students as well as mathematicians in general. ... [A]fter more than 30 years, Ian Stewart's Galois Theory remains a valuable textbook for algebra undergraduate students.
- Zentralblatt MATH, 1049

About this edition

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1584883936
• ISBN 13: 9781584883937
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 328