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Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. §14.2 Algebraic Topology. Topology is generally introduced as I described it in §AG.6, ...
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How Math Achieved Transcendence

In 1886 the mathematician Leopold Kronecker famously said, “God Himself made the whole numbers — everything else is the work of men.” Indeed, mathematicians have introduced new sets of numbers besides ...
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The Fascinating Story of Math in a Book You Can Actually Understand

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National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra

§CQ.1 THE FIRST GREAT ADVANCE in algebra after the Middle Ages was the general solution of the cubic equation, immediately followed by a solution for the quartic. I tell the full story in the next ...