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The Collected Papers of William Burnside: 2-Volume Set (Mathematics)

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
2004
ISBN
019850585X, 9780198505853
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
104 MB (108618933 bytes)
Pages
1616\1619
Time added
2020-10-22 01:48:42

Description

William Burnside was one of the three most important algebraists who were involved in the transformation of group theory from its nineteenth-century origins to a deep twentieth-century subject. Building on work of earlier mathematicians, they were able to develop sophisticated tools for solving difficult problems. All of Burnside's papers are reproduced here, organized chronologically and with a detailed bibliography. Walter Feit has contributed a foreword, and a collection of introductory essays are included to provide a commentary on Burnside's work and set it in perspective along with a modern biography that draws on archive material.

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