Offers a basic introduction to the types of problems that illustrate the earliest forms of algebra. This book presents some significant steps in solving equatio

"This book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times but merely to present some significant steps in solving

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century develo

This self-contained text covers sets and numbers, elements of set theory, real numbers, the theory of groups, group isomorphism and homomorphism, theory of ring

Prime Obsession taught us not to be afraid to put the math in a math book. Unknown Quantity heeds the lesson well. So grab your graphing calculators, slip out t