Abstract Algebra and Famous Impossibilities; Author: Jones, A. (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia); Author: Morris, S.A. (Woollongong University, Australia); Author: Pearson, K. (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia); Paperback (C Format)

Author: Jones, A. (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia); Author: Morris, S.A. (Woollongong University, Australia); Author: Pearson, K. (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia)
Paperback (C Format); 27 Figures
187 pages
Published: October 1991
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN: 3540976612
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A text for undergraduates on developing abstract algebraic techniques. It refers to the famous problems of squaring the circle, doubling the cube and trisecting the angle which did not yield to geometric solution and whose intrinsic impossibility was discovered by abstract algebra.