§CQ.1 THE FIRST GREAT ADVANCE in algebra after the Middle Ages was the general solution of the cubic equation, immediately followed by a solution for the quartic. I tell the full story in the next ...
Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. §1.1 IN THE BROAD SENSE I defined in my introduction, the turn of thought from ...