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Learning modern algebra : from early attempts to prove Fermat's last theorem / Al Cuoco and Joseph J. Rotman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: MAA textbooksPublication details: [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 459 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614446125
  • 1614446121
  • 1939512018
  • 9781939512017
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning modern algebra.DDC classification:
  • 512.9 23
LOC classification:
  • QA152.3 .C86 2013eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early number theory -- Induction -- Renaissance -- Modular arithmetic -- Abstract algebra -- Arithmetic of polynomials -- Quotients, fields, and classical problems -- Cyclotomic integers -- Epilog -- Appendices.

"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.

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