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A History of Abstract Algebra

Prior to the nineteenth century, algebra meant the study of the solution of polynomial equations. By the twentieth century algebra came to encompass the study of abstract, axiomatic systems such as groups, rings, and fields. This presentation provides an account of the intellectual lineage behind ma...

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Main Author: Kleiner, Israel. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Subjects:
Algebra.
Mathematics.
History.
Group theory.
Commutative algebra.
Commutative rings.
Field theory (Physics).
Matrix theory.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Group Theory and Generalizations.
Commutative Rings and Algebras.
Field Theory and Polynomials.
Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4685-1

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