Field Extensions and Galois Theory

by Julio R. Bastida, Roger Lyndon

Overview

Originally published in 1984, the principal objective of this book is to make the general theory of field extensions accessible to any reader with a modest background in groups, rings and vector spaces. Galois theory is generally regarded as one of the central and most beautiful parts of algebra and its creation marked the culmination of investigations by generations of mathematicians on one of the oldest problems in algebra, the solvability of polynomial equations by radicals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521302425
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/28/1984
Series:	Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications , #22
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Editor's statement; Section editor's foreword; Preface; Historical introduction; Prerequisites; Notation; 1. Preliminaries on fields and polynomials; 2. Algebraic extensions; 3. Galois theory; 4. Transcendental Extensions; References and selected bibliography; Index.