Exploratory Galois Theory

Exploratory Galois Theory

by John Swallow
ISBN-10:
0521544998
ISBN-13:
9780521544993
Pub. Date:
10/11/2004
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521544998
ISBN-13:
9780521544993
Pub. Date:
10/11/2004
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Exploratory Galois Theory

Exploratory Galois Theory

by John Swallow
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Overview

Combining a concrete perspective with an exploration-based approach, this analysis develops Galois theory at an entirely undergraduate level. The text grounds the presentation in the concept of algebraic numbers with complex approximations and only requires knowledge of a first course in abstract algebra. It introduces tools for hands-on experimentation with finite extensions of the rational numbers for readers with Maple or Mathematica. Please visit the author's website at: http://www.davidson.edu/academic/math/swallow/john.htm

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521544993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2004
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 7.64(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

John Swallow is John T. Kimbrough Associate Professor of Mathematics at Davidson College, North Carolina. He holds a doctorate from Yale University, Connecticut for his work in Galois theory. He is the author or co-author of a dozen articles, including an essay in The American Scholar. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency, and the Associated Colleges of the South.

Table of Contents

1. Preliminaries; 2. Algebraic numbers, field extensions, and minimal polynomials; 3. Working with algebraic numbers, field extensions, and minimal polynomials; 4. Multiply-generated fields; 5. The Galois correspondence; 6. Some classical topics; Historical note.
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