000325085 000__ 01719cam\a2200313\a\4500 000325085 001__ 325085 000325085 005__ 20210513120600.0 000325085 008__ 071004s2008\\\\njua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000325085 010__ $$a 2007041610 000325085 020__ $$a9780470259528 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000325085 020__ $$a0470259523 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000325085 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn173809125 000325085 035__ $$a325085 000325085 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dUKM$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCG$$dGZT 000325085 049__ $$aISEA 000325085 05000 $$aQA155$$b.C665 2008 000325085 08200 $$a512$$222 000325085 1001_ $$aCooke, Roger,$$d1942- 000325085 24510 $$aClassical algebra :$$bits nature, origins, and uses /$$cRoger Cooke. 000325085 260__ $$aHoboken, N.J. :$$bWiley-Interscience,$$cc2008. 000325085 300__ $$axii, 206 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000325085 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 000325085 5052_ $$apt. 1. Numbers and equations. What algebra is -- Equations and their solutions -- Where algebra comes from -- Why algebra is important -- Numerical solution of equations -- pt. 2. The formulaic approach to equations. Combinatoric solutions I: quadratic equations -- Combinatoric solutions II: cubic equations -- pt. 3. Resolvents. From combinatorics to resolvents -- The search for resolvents -- pt. 4. Abstract algebra. Existence and constructibility of roots -- The breakthrough: Galois Theory -- Modern Algebra / Roger Cooke. 000325085 650_0 $$aAlgebra. 000325085 650_0 $$aAlgebra$$xHistory. 000325085 650_0 $$aAlgebraic logic. 000325085 85200 $$bgen$$hQA155$$i.C665$$i2008 000325085 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007041610-d.html 000325085 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007041610-t.html 000325085 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2007041610-b.html 000325085 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:325085$$pGLOBAL_SET 000325085 980__ $$aBIB 000325085 980__ $$aBOOK