Introduction to higher algebra
By: by Maxime Bôcher ; prepared for publication with the coöperation of E.P.R. Duval
Contributors: Duval, E. P. R. (Edmund Pendleton Randolph)
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: Macmillan Co.
Published: 1907
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Algebra
Notes: Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Polynomials and their most fundamental properties; title: A few properties of determinants; title: The theory of linear dependence; title: Linear equations; title: Some theorems concerning the rank of a matrix; title: Linear transformations and the combination of matrices; title: Invariants. First principles and illustrations; title: Bilinear forms; title: Geometric introduction to the study of quadratic forms; title: Quadratic forms; title: Real quadratic forms; title: The system of a quadratic form and one or more linear forms; title: Pairs of quadratic forms; title: Some properties of polynomials in general; title: Factors and common factors of polynomials in one variable and of binary forms; title: Factors of polynomials in two or more variables; title: General theorems on integral rational invariants; title: Symmetric polynomials; title: Polynomials symmetric in pairs of variables; title: Elementary divisors and the equivalence of matrices; title: The equivalence and classification of pairs of bilinear forms and of collineations; title: The equivalence and classification of pairs of quadratic forms.