Discourses on Algebra

by Igor R. Shafarevich

Book Overview

I wish that algebra would be the Cinderella ofour story. In the math- ematics program in schools, geometry has often been the favorite daugh- ter. The amount of geometric knowledge studied in schools is approx- imately equal to the level achieved in ancient Greece and summarized by Euclid in his Elements (third century B. C. ). For a long time, geom- etry was taught according to Euclid; simplified variants have recently appeared. In spite of all the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540422536
• ISBN13: 9783540422532
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"