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Dewey Class	512
Title	The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra ([EBook] /) / by Benjamin Fine, Gerhard Rosenberger.
Author	Fine, Benjamin
Added Personal Name	Rosenberger, Gerhard author.
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	New York, NY : : Springer New York : : Imprint: Springer, , 1997.
Physical Details	XI, 210 p. : online resource.
Series	Undergraduate texts in mathematics 0172-6056
ISBN	9781461219286
Contents note	1 Introduction and Historical Remarks -- 2 Complex Numbers -- 2.1 Fields and the Real Field -- 2.2 The Complex Number Field -- 2.3 Geometrical Representation of Complex Numbers -- 2.4 Polar Form and Euler’s Identity -- 2.5 DeMoivre’s Theorem for Powers and Roots -- Exercises -- 3 Polynomials and Complex Polynomials -- 3.1 The Ring of Polynomials over a Field -- 3.2 Divisibility and Unique Factorization of Polynomials -- 3.3 Roots of Polynomials and Factorization -- 3.4 Real and Complex Polynomials -- 3.5 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: Proof One -- 3.6 Some Consequences of the Fundamental Theorem -- Exercises -- 4 Complex Analysis and Analytic Functions -- 4.1 Complex Functions and Analyticity -- 4.2 The Cauchy-Riemann Equations -- 4.3 Conformal Mappings and Analyticity -- Exercises -- 5 Complex Integration and Cauchy’s Theorem -- 5.1 Line Integrals and Green’s Theorem -- 5.2 Complex Integration and Cauchy’s Theorem -- 5.3 The Cauchy Integral Formula and Cauchy’s Estimate -- 5.4 Liouville’s Theorem and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: Proof Ttvo -- 5.5 Some Additional Results -- 5.6 Concluding Remarks on Complex Analysis -- Exercises -- 6 Fields and Field Extensions -- 6.1 Algebraic Field Extensions -- 6.2 Adjoining Roots to Fields -- 6.3 Splitting Fields -- 6.4 Permutations and Symmetric Polynomials -- 6.5 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: Proof Three -- 6.6 An Application—The Transcendence of e and ? -- 6.7 The Fundamental Theorem of Symmetric Polynomials -- Exercises -- 7 Galois Theory -- 7.1 Galois Theory Overview -- 7.2 Some Results From Finite Group Theory -- 7.3 Galois Extensions -- 7.4 Automorphisms and the Galois Group -- 7.5 The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory -- 7.6 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: Proof Four -- 7.7 Some Additional Applications of Galois Theory -- 7.8 Algebraic Extensions of ? and Concluding Remarks -- Exercises -- 8 7bpology and Topological Spaces -- 8.1 Winding Number and Proof Five -- 8.2 Tbpology—An Overview -- 8.3 Continuity and Metric Spaces -- 8.4 Topological Spaces and Homeomorphisms -- 8.5 Some Further Properties of Topological Spaces -- Exercises -- 9 Algebraic Zbpology and the Final Proof -- 9.1 Algebraic lbpology -- 9.2 Some Further Group Theory—Abelian Groups -- 9.3 Homotopy and the Fundamental Group -- 9.4 Homology Theory and Triangulations -- 9.5 Some Homology Computations -- 9.6 Homology of Spheres and Brouwer Degree -- 9.7 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: Proof Six -- 9.8 Concluding Remarks -- Exercises -- Appendix A: A Version of Gauss’s Original Proof -- Appendix B: Cauchy’s Theorem Revisited -- Appendix C: Three Additional Complex Analytic Proofs of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra -- Appendix D: Two More Ibpological Proofs of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra -- Bibliography and References.
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Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1928-6
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Algebra . Analysis . Analysis (Mathematics) . Mathematical analysis . Mathematics . Topology . Authors: Fine, Benjamin . Rosenberger, Gerhard . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Undergraduate texts in mathematics . Classification: 512 .

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