The Fundamental Theorem on Symmetric Polynomials: History's First Whiff of Galois Theory

DOI10.4169/college.math.j.48.1.18zbMath1443.97028arXiv1301.7116OpenAlexW3105467527MaRDI QIDQ4581637

Ben Blum-Smith, Samuel Coskey

Publication date: 20 August 2018

Published in: The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.7116

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Separable extensions, Galois theory (12F10) Galois theory (11S20) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Groups, rings, fields (educational aspects) (97H40)

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