Description |
1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
The scandal of the irrational -- Controversy and coefficients -- Impossibilities and imaginaries -- Spirals and seashores -- Premonitions and permutations -- Abel's proof -- Abel and Galois -- Seeing symmetries -- The order of things -- Solving the unsolvable |
Summary |
The intellectual and human story of a mathematical proof that transformed our ideas about mathematics |
Analysis |
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Abel, Niels Henrik, 1802-1829.
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Abel, Niels Henrik, 1802-1829 |
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Abel, Niels Henrik 1802-1829 |
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Abel, Niels Henrik, 1802-1829. |
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Abel, Niels Henrik, 1802-1829. |
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Abel, Niels Henrik, (1802-1829) |
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Abel, Niels Henrik. |
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Equations, Roots of.
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31.01 history of mathematics.
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MATHEMATICS -- Algebra -- Elementary.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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Equations, Roots of
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Algebraische Gleichung
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Unlösbarkeit
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Vergelijkingen (wiskunde)
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Equations, Roots of.
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Équations algébriques.
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Algèbre -- Histoire.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780262281478 |
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0262281473 |
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0585482667 |
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9780585482668 |
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0262162164 |
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9780262162166 |
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