| Oeuvres Completes de Niels Henrik Abel: Nouvelle Dition Contributor(s): Niels, Henrik Abel (Author), Abel, Niels Henrik (Author), Sylow, L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108050573 ISBN-13: 9781108050579 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $71.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - Mathematics | Calculus |
| Dewey: 510 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 7" W x 10" (2.4 lbs) 638 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Niels Henrik Abel (1802-29) was one of the most prominent mathematicians in the first half of the nineteenth century. His pioneering work in diverse areas such as algebra, analysis, geometry and mechanics has made the adjective 'abelian' a commonplace in mathematical writing. These collected works, first published in two volumes in 1881 after careful preparation by the mathematicians Ludwig Sylow (1832-1918) and Sophus Lie (1842-99), contain some of the pillars of mathematical history. Volume 1 includes perhaps the most famous of Abel's results, namely his proof of the 'impossibility theorem', which states that the general fifth-degree polynomial is unsolvable by algebraic means. Also included in this volume is Abel's 'Paris memoir', which contains his many fundamental results on transcendental functions - in particular on elliptic integrals, elliptic functions, and what are known today as abelian integrals. |