Galois Theory

• Main Author: Weintraub, Steven H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Universitext
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Field theory (Physics).; Group theory.; Number theory.; Field Theory and Polynomials.; Group Theory and Generalizations.; Number Theory.

The book discusses classical Galois theory in considerable generality, treating fields of characteristic zero and of positive characteristic with consideration of both separable and inseparable extensions, but with a particular emphasis on algebraic extensions of the field of rational numbers. While...