ISBN: 0743258207

Description: x, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332 and index.

LCCN: 2005044123

Control Number: 124980

Subjects:

• Diophantine analysis -- History.
• Galois theory -- History.
• Galois, Évariste, 1811-1832.
• Group theory -- History.
• Symmetric functions -- History.
• Symmetry (Mathematics) -- History.