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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	Readings in Mathematics, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	28. 11. 2023
Seiten	:	218
Einband	:	Kartoniert
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
Gewicht	:	445 g
ISBN	:	9783031057007
Sprache	:	Englisch
Illustrationen	:	XXII, 218 p. 29 illus.

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Autorinformation

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Sidney A. Morris is Emeritus Professor at the Federation University, Australia (formerly University of Ballarat) and Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University, Australia. His primary research is in topological groups, topology, and transcendental number theory, with broader interests including early detection of muscle wasting diseases, health informatics, and predicting the Australian stock exchange. He is the author of several books.

Arthur Jones [1934–2006] and Kenneth R. Pearson [1943–2015] were Professors in Mathematics at La Trobe University, Australia. Each had a great passion for teaching and for mathematics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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1. Algebraic Preliminaries.- 2. Algebraic Numbers and Their Polynomials.- 3. Extending Fields.- 4. Irreducible Polynomials.- 5. Straightedge and Compass Constructions.- 6. Proofs of the Geometric Impossibilities.- 7. Zeros of Polynomials of Degrees 2, 3, and 4.- 8. Quintic Equations 1: Symmetric Polynomials.- 9. Quintic Equations II: The Abel–Ruffini Theorem.- 10. Transcendence of e and π.- 11. An Algebraic Postscript.- 12. Other Impossibilities: Regular Polygons and Integration in Finite Terms.- References.- Index.

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