This Very Short Introduction invites readers to revisit algebra and appreciate the elegance and power of equations and inequalities. Offering a clear explanation of algebra through theory and example, Higgins shows how equations lead to complex numbers, matrices, groups, rings, and fields.
This Very Short Introduction invites readers to revisit algebra and appreciate the elegance and power of equations and inequalities. Offering a clear explanation of algebra through theory and example, Higgins shows how equations lead to complex numbers, matrices, groups, rings, and fields.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Peter M. Higgins is a Professor in Pure Mathematics at the University of Essex. He is the inventor of the Circular Sudoku puzzle type that now features in numerous newspapers, magazines and computer games. He has written extensively on the subject of mathematics, including Numbers: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011) and Nets, Puzzles, and Postmen (OUP, 2007), which won the 2012 Premio Peano prize for the best book on mathematics, published in Italian.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Numbers and algebra 2: The laws of algebra 3: Linear equations and inequalities 4: Quadratic equations 5: The algebra of polynomials 6: Introduction to matrices 7: Matrices and groups 8: Determinants and matrices 9: Algebra and the arithmetic of remainders 10: Vector spaces Further Reading Index
1: Numbers and algebra 2: The laws of algebra 3: Linear equations and inequalities 4: Quadratic equations 5: The algebra of polynomials 6: Introduction to matrices 7: Matrices and groups 8: Determinants and matrices 9: Algebra and the arithmetic of remainders 10: Vector spaces Further Reading Index
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