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050 00 $aQA174.2$b.L58 2005
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100 1 $aLivio, Mario,$d1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83060738
245 14 $aThe equation that couldn't be solved :$bhow mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry /$cMario Livio.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $ax, 353 pages :$billustrations, map, music ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309-332]) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSymmetry -- $g2.$teyE s'dniM eht ni yrtemmyS -- $g3.$tNever forget this in the midst of your equations -- $g4.$tThe poverty-stricken mathematician -- $g5.$tThe romantic mathematician -- $g6.$tGroups -- $g7.$tSymmetry rules -- $g8.$tWho's the most symmetrical of them all? -- $g9.$tRequiem for a romantic genius -- $gApp. 1.$tCard puzzle -- $gApp. 2.$tSolving a system of two linear equations -- $gApp. 3.$tDiophantus's solution -- $gApp. 4.$tA diophantine equation -- $gApp. 5.$tTartaglia's verses and formula -- $gApp. 6.$tAdriaan van Roomen's challenge -- $gApp. 7.$tProperties of the roots of quadratic equations -- $gApp. 8.$tThe Galois family tree -- $gApp. 9.$tThe 14-15 puzzle -- $gApp. 10.$tSolution to the matches problem.
520 1 $a"Over the millennia, mathematicians solved progressively more difficult algebraic equations until they came to what is known as the quintic equation. For several centuries it resisted solution, until two mathematical prodigies independently discovered that it could not be solved by the usual methods, thereby opening the door to group theory. These young geniuses, a Norwegian named Niels Henrik Abel and a Frenchman named Evariste Galois, both died tragically. Galois, in fact, spent the night before his fatal duel (at the age of twenty) scribbling another brief summary of his proof, at one point writing in the margin of his notebook "I have no time."" "The story of the equation that couldn't be solved is a story of brilliant mathematicians and a fascinating account of how mathematics illuminates a wide variety of disciplines. In this book, Mario Livio shows in an easily accessible way how group theory explains the symmetry and order of both the natural and the human-made worlds."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aGroup theory$xHistory.
650 0 $aGalois theory$xHistory.
600 10 $aGalois, Évariste,$d1811-1832.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81028328
650 0 $aSymmetric functions$xHistory.
650 0 $aSymmetry (Mathematics)$xHistory.
650 0 $aDiophantine analysis$xHistory.
852 00 $bmat$hQA174.2$i.L58 2005