• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Algebra and number theory : a selection of highlights
  • Contains: Frontmatter -- -- Preface -- -- Contents -- -- 1. The natural, integral and rational numbers -- -- 2. Division and factorization in the integers -- -- 3. Modular arithmetic -- -- 4. Exceptional numbers -- -- 5. Pythagorean triples and sums of squares -- -- 6. Polynomials and unique factorization -- -- 7. Field extensions and splitting fields -- -- 8. Permutations and symmetric polynomials -- -- 9. Real numbers -- -- 10. The complex numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and polynomial equations -- -- 11. Quadratic number fields and Pell’s equation -- -- 12. Transcendental numbers and the numbers e and π -- -- 13. Compass and straightedge constructions and the classical problems -- -- 14. Euclidean vector spaces -- -- Bibliography -- -- Index
  • Contributor: Fine, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]; Gaglione, Anthony M. [VerfasserIn]; Moldenhauer, Anja [VerfasserIn]; Rosenberger, Gerhard [VerfasserIn]; Spellman, Dennis [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, [2017]
  • Published in: De Gruyter Textbook
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9783110516142
  • ISBN: 9783110516265; 9783110516142
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  • RVK notation: SK 180 : Zahlentheorie
  • Keywords: Algebra > Zahlentheorie
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: Preface -- Contents -- 1. The natural, integral and rational numbers -- 2. Division and factorization in the integers -- 3. Modular arithmetic -- 4. Exceptional numbers -- 5. Pythagorean triples and sums of squares -- 6. Polynomials and unique factorization -- 7. Field extensions and splitting fields -- 8. Permutations and symmetric polynomials -- 9. Real numbers -- 10. The complex numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and polynomial equations -- 11. Quadratic number fields and Pell's equation -- 12. Transcendental numbers and the numbers e and π -- 13. Compass and straightedge constructions and the classical problems -- 14. Euclidean vector spaces -- Bibliography -- Index