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100	1		_aLivio, Mario,
245	1	4	_aEquation that couldn't be solved : _bhow mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry _cMario Livio.
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c©2005.
300			_axii, 353 p. : _bill.; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309-332]) and index.
505	0	0	_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.
650		0	_aSymmetric functions _xHistory.
650		0	_aSymmetry (Mathematics) _xHistory.
650		0	_aDiophantine analysis _xHistory.
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