Learning modern algebra : from early attempts to prove Fermat's last theorem / Al Cuoco and Joseph J. Rotman
- Author
- Cuoco, Albert
- Published
- Washington, DC : Mathematical Association of America, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Physical Description
- xix, 459 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Rotman, Joseph J., 1934-
- Series
- Contents
- Early number theory -- Induction -- Renaissance -- Modular arithmetic -- Abstract algebra -- Arithmetic of polynomials -- Quotients, fields, and classical problems -- Cyclotomic integers -- Epilog -- Appendices.
- Summary
- "Learning Modern Algebra is designed for college students who want to teach mathematics in high school, but it can serve as a text for standard abstract algebra courses as well. [...] The presentation is organized historically: the Babylonians introduced Pythagorean triples to teach the Pythagorean theorem; these were classified by Diophantus, and eventually this led Fermat to conjecture his Last Theorem."--Publisher description.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 1939512018
9781939512017
9781614446125 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450) and index.
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