Exploratory Galois theory / John Swallow.

Combining a concrete perspective with an exploration-based approach, Exploratory Galois Theory develops Galois theory at an entirely undergraduate level. The text grounds the presentation in the concept of algebraic numbers with complex approximations and assumes of its readers only a first course i...

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Main Author: Swallow, John, 1970- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Format: Electronic eBook

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