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    This document contains a table of contents that outlines two chapters on the history of classical algebra and group theory. Chapter 1 discusses the early roots of algebra starting with the Greeks, the contributions of Al-Khwarizmi, developments in solving cubic and quartic equations, and the emergence of symbolic algebra. Chapter 2 focuses on the sources and development of group theory, including its connections to classical algebra, number theory, geometry and analysis, as well as the emergence of abstract group concepts in the late 19th century.

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    This document contains a table of contents that outlines two chapters on the history of classical algebra and group theory. Chapter 1 discusses the early roots of algebra starting with the Greeks, the contributions of Al-Khwarizmi, developments in solving cubic and quartic equations, and the emergence of symbolic algebra. Chapter 2 focuses on the sources and development of group theory, including its connections to classical algebra, number theory, geometry and analysis, as well as the emergence of abstract group concepts in the late 19th century.

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    Contents

    Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

    Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

    1 History of Classical Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1


    1.1 Early roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
    1.2 The Greeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
    1.3 Al-Khwarizmi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
    1.4 Cubic and quartic equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
    1.5 The cubic and complex numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
    1.6 Algebraic notation: Viète and Descartes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
    1.7 The theory of equations and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra . 10
    1.8 Symbolical algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
    References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

    2 History of Group Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17


    2.1 Sources of group theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
    2.1.1 Classical Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
    2.1.2 Number Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
    2.1.3 Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
    2.1.4 Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
    2.2 Development of “specialized” theories of groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
    2.2.1 Permutation Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
    2.2.2 Abelian Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
    2.2.3 Transformation Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
    2.3 Emergence of abstraction in group theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
    2.4 Consolidation of the abstract group concept; dawn of abstract
    group theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
    2.5 Divergence of developments in group theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
    References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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