Topics from the History of Algebra

From The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland:

  1. Overview of the History of Mathematics
  2. Quadratic, cubic and quartic equations
  3. Prime numbers
  4. Fermat's last theorem
  5. The development of group theory
  6. The beginnings of set theory
  7. Abstract linear spaces
  8. Matrices and determinants
  9. The fundamental theorem of algebra
  10. Squaring the circle
  11. Doubling the cube
  12. Trisecting an angle

History Topics Index

From other sources:

  1. The Art of Algebra from al-Khwarizmi to Vičte: a Study in the Natural Selection of Ideas
          by Karen Hunger Parshall
  2. Hamilton's work on quaternions, from The History of Mathematics
          at Trinity University, Dublin
  3. Hilbert's Problems, from History of Mathematics
          at Clark University
  4. Biography of Emmy Noether, from Biographies of Women Mathematicians
          at Agnes Scott College

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