Geometry of the Quintic

Name: Geometry of the Quintic
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ISBN: 9780471130178

ISBN-10: 0471130176

ISBN-13: 9780471130178

Edition: 1st 1997

Authors: Jerry Shurman

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This book offers a stimulating exposition of Felix Klein2s proof of Kronecker2s Theorem and his classical development of icosahedral geometry to solve the quintic equation. It also synthesizes Klein2s ideas with dynamics to solve the quintic by iteration in text form.

Book details

List price: $143.50
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/31/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



The Complex Sphere


Finite Automorphism Groups of the Sphere


Invariant Functions


Inverses of the Invariant Functions


Reduction of the Quintic to Brioschi Form


Kronecker's Theorem


Computable Extensions


Index


List of Symbols


Bibliography