Beyond the quartic equation
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Beyond the quartic equation
Birkhäuser Boston, c1996
Available at 22 libraries
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780817637767
Description
The objective of this book is to present for the first time the complete algorithm for roots of the general quintic equation with enough background information to make the key ideas accessible to non-specialists and even to mathematically oriented readers who are not professional mathematicians. The book includes an initial introductory chapter on group theory and symmetry, Galois theory and Tschirnhausen transformations, and some elementary properties of elliptic function in order to make some of the key ideas more accessible to less sophisticated readers. The book also includes a discussion of the much simpler algorithms for roots of the general quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations before discussing the algorithm for the roots of the general quintic equation. A brief discussion of algorithms for roots of general equations of degrees higher than five is also included. "If you want something truly unusual, try [this book] by R. Bruce King, which revives some fascinating, long-lost ideas relating elliptic functions to polynomial equations." --New Scientist
Table of Contents
Group Theory and Symmetry.- The Symmetry of Equations: Galois Theory and Tschirnhausen Transformations.- Elliptic Functions.- Algebraic Equations Soluble by Radicals.- The Kiepert Algorithm for Roots of the General Quintic Equation.- The Methods of Hermite and Gordan for Solving the General Quintic Equation.- Beyond the Quintic Equation.
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ISBN 9783764337766
Description
Using a modern computer, the author of this work presents a complete algorithm for the roots of the general quintic equation. There are introductory chapters on group theory and symmetry, Galois theory and Tschirnhausen transformations, and some elementary properties of elliptic functions in order to make some of the key ideas more accessible to less sophisticated readers. Also included is a discussion of the much simpler algorithms for roots of the general quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations.
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