03496nam 2200649Ia 450 991078532020332120220419014147.01-282-93542-997866129354281-4008-2696-910.1515/9781400826964(CKB)2670000000059261(EBL)617545(OCoLC)697174426(SSID)ssj0000469500(PQKBManifestationID)11299156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469500(PQKBWorkID)10531564(PQKB)11410623(DE-B1597)446440(OCoLC)979576704(DE-B1597)9781400826964(Au-PeEL)EBL617545(CaPaEBR)ebr10435959(CaONFJC)MIL293542(MiAaPQ)EBC617545(PPN)170235769(EXLCZ)99267000000005926120050930d2006 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrGeneral theory of algebraic equations[electronic resource] /Etienne Bézout ; translated by Eric FeronCore TextbookPrinceton Princeton University Pressc20061 online resource (362 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-11432-3 Front matter --Contents --Translator's Foreword --Dedication from the 1779 edition --Preface to the 1779 edition --Introduction --Book One --Book TwoThis book provides the first English translation of Bezout's masterpiece, the General Theory of Algebraic Equations. It follows, by almost two hundred years, the English translation of his famous mathematics textbooks. Here, Bézout presents his approach to solving systems of polynomial equations in several variables and in great detail. He introduces the revolutionary notion of the "polynomial multiplier," which greatly simplifies the problem of variable elimination by reducing it to a system of linear equations. The major result presented in this work, now known as "Bézout's theorem," is stated as follows: "The degree of the final equation resulting from an arbitrary number of complete equations containing the same number of unknowns and with arbitrary degrees is equal to the product of the exponents of the degrees of these equations." The book offers large numbers of results and insights about conditions for polynomials to share a common factor, or to share a common root. It also provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the theories of integration and differentiation of functions in the late eighteenth century, as well as one of the first uses of determinants to solve systems of linear equations. Polynomial multiplier methods have become, today, one of the most promising approaches to solving complex systems of polynomial equations or inequalities, and this translation offers a valuable historic perspective on this active research field.Equations, Theory ofMathematicsEquations, Theory of.Mathematics.512.9/4SK 230BSZrvkBézout Etienne1730-1783.331688Feron Eric1967-1475509MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785320203321General theory of algebraic equations3689726UNINA