Benjamin Fine, Anthony Gaglione, Anja Moldenhauer, Gerhard Rosenberger, Dennis Spellman Algebra and Number Theory

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This two-volume set collects and presents some fundamentals of mathematics in an entertaining and performing manner. The present volume examines many of the most important basic results in algebra and number theory, along with their proofs, and also their history. ContentsThe natural, integral and rational numbersDivision and factorization in the integersModular arithmeticExceptional numbersPythagorean triples and sums of squaresPolynomials and unique factorizationField extensions and splitting fieldsPermutations and symmetric polynomialsReal numbersThe complex numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and polynomial equationsQuadratic number fields and Pells equationTranscendental numbers and the numbers e and Compass and straightedge constructions and the classical problemsEuclidean vector spaces