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Click to enlargeThe Skeleton Key of Mathematics: A Simple Account of Complex Algebraic Theories

D. E. Littlewood
Our Price$9.95New!(Table of Contents)
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ISBN: 0486425436
Page Count: 144
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
A straightforward explanation of the abstract principles common to science and mathematics, this helpful volume enables scientists and mathematicians to read and appreciate papers in fields different from their own. Topics include Euclid's algorithm; congruences; polynomials; complex numbers and algebraic fields; algebraic integers, ideals, and p-adic numbers and more. 1960 edition.

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