1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467837503321

Autore

Fine Benjamin

Titolo

Algebra and number theory : a selection of highlights / / Benjamin Fine [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-051626-8

3-11-051614-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations

Collana

De Gruyter Textbook

Disciplina

512.9

Soggetti

Algebra

Number theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. The natural, integral and rational numbers -- 2. Division and factorization in the integers -- 3. Modular arithmetic -- 4. Exceptional numbers -- 5. Pythagorean triples and sums of squares -- 6. Polynomials and unique factorization -- 7. Field extensions and splitting fields -- 8. Permutations and symmetric polynomials -- 9. Real numbers -- 10. The complex numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and polynomial equations -- 11. Quadratic number fields and Pell's equation -- 12. Transcendental numbers and the numbers e and π -- 13. Compass and straightedge constructions and the classical problems -- 14. Euclidean vector spaces -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This two-volume set collects and presents some fundamentals of mathematics in an entertaining and performing manner. The present volume examines many of the most important basic results in algebra and number theory, along with their proofs, and also their history. ContentsThe natural, integral and rational numbersDivision and factorization in the integersModular arithmeticExceptional numbersPythagorean triples and sums of squaresPolynomials and unique factorizationField extensions and splitting fieldsPermutations



and symmetric polynomialsReal numbersThe complex numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and polynomial equationsQuadratic number fields and Pell's equationTranscendental numbers and the numbers e and πCompass and straightedge constructions and the classical problemsEuclidean vector spaces

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786206103321

Autore

Goodyer Ian

Titolo

Crisis music [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural politics of rock against racism / / Ian Goodyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009

ISBN

1-84779-300-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

322.4/40941

Soggetti

Rock music - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Rock musicians - Political activity - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Protest movements - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Anti-racism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Rock music - Great Britain - 1961-1970 - History and criticism

Rock music - Great Britain - 1971-1980 - History and criticism

Protest songs - Great Britain - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719079245; 9780719079245; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Origins and contexts; 2 Critical responses to Rock Against Racism; 3 Rock Against Racism and the Socialist Workers Party; 4 Rock Against Racism,youth culture and multiculturalism; 5 Rock Against Racism,culture and social struggle; 6 Aftermath; 7 Conclusions; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Marching to the beat of punk rock and reggae, Rock Against Racism was a mass movement built in opposition to racism and fascism in 1970's Britain. At a time of severe economic and social crises, RAR, alongside the Anti-Nazi League, organised one of the biggest and most effective political and cultural mobilisations of the post-war period.Expressing itself through spectacular carnivals, concerts, marches and innovative forms of design and communication, RAR combined hard-headed political organisation with the optimism and energy of radical youth culture.Drawing on interviews with activists, supp

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009049970403321

Titolo

Rivista di ortoflorofrutticoltura italiana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze, : [s.n.]

ISSN

0035-5968

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico