Galois Theory

Steven H. Weintraub

Publisher:

Springer

Publication Date:

2009

Number of Pages:

211

Format:

Paperback

Edition:

2

Series:

Universitext

Price:

59.95

ISBN:

9780387875743

Category:

Textbook

BLL Rating:

BLL**

The Basic Library List Committee strongly recommends this book for acquisition by undergraduate mathematics libraries.

MAA Review
Table of Contents

[Reviewed by

Fernando Q. Gouvêa

, on

12/8/2008

]

See Marion Cohen's review of the first edition. In addition to correcting all known errors and other small changes, this edition includes a new chapter on transcendental extensions.

Introduction to Galois Theory.- Field Theory and Galois Theory.- Development and Applications of Galois Theory.- Extensions of the Field of Rational Numbers.- Further Topics in Field Theory.- Transcendental Extensions.- A. Some Results from Group Theory.- B. A Lemma on Constructing Fields.- C. A Lemma from Elementary Number Theory.- References.- Index.

Tags:

Galois Theory