Grobner Bases: A Computational Approach to Commutative Algebra (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 141)

Becker, Thomas and Volker Weispfenning, Heinz Kredel

ISBN 10: 0387979719 / ISBN 13: 9780387979717

Published by New York: Springer, 1993., 1993

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First Edition. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. xxii, 574 pp. Yellow paper boards lettered in black. Lightly sunned at spine, light wear to spine ends, no internal markings. Near Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grobner Bases: A Computational Approach to Commutative Algebra (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 141)
• Publisher: New York: Springer, 1993.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387979719
• ISBN 13: 9780387979717
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The origins of the mathematics in this book date back more than two thou­ sand years, as can be seen from the fact that one of the most important algorithms presented here bears the name of the Greek mathematician Eu­ clid. The word "algorithm" as well as the key word "algebra" in the title of this book come from the name and the work of the ninth-century scientist Mohammed ibn Musa al-Khowarizmi, who was born in what is now Uzbek­ istan and worked in Baghdad at the court of Harun al-Rashid's son. The word "algorithm" is actually a westernization of al-Khowarizmi's name, while "algebra" derives from "al-jabr," a term that appears in the title of his book Kitab al-jabr wa'l muqabala, where he discusses symbolic methods for the solution of equations. This close connection between algebra and al­ gorithms lasted roughly up to the beginning of this century; until then, the primary goal of algebra was the design of constructive methods for solving equations by means of symbolic transformations. During the second half of the nineteenth century, a new line of thought began to enter algebra from the realm of geometry, where it had been successful since Euclid's time, namely, the axiomatic method.