Abstract algebra and famous impossibilities : squaring the circle, doubling the cube, trisecting an angle, and solving quintic equations / Sidney A. Morris, Arthur Jones, Kenneth R. Pearson.

This textbook develops the abstract algebra necessary to prove the impossibility of four famous mathematical feats: squaring the circle, trisecting the angle, doubling the cube, and solving quintic equations. All the relevant concepts about fields are introduced concretely, with the geometrical ques...

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Main Authors: Morris, Sidney A., 1947- (Author), Jones, Arthur, 1934- (Author), Pearson, Kenneth R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Undergraduate texts in mathematics.
Undergraduate texts in mathematics. Readings in mathematics.
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