Galois Theory (Paperback, 2, 1998. Corr. 2nd)

Symmetry.- Rings.- Domains and Fields.- Homomorphisms and Ideals.- Quotient Rings.- Polynomial Rings over Fields.- Prime Ideals and Maximal Ideals.- Irreducible Polynomials.- Classical Formulas.- Splitting Fields.- The Galois Group.- Roots of Unity.- Solvability by Radicals.- Independence of Characters.- Galois Extensions.- The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory.- Applications.- Galois's Great Theorem.- Discriminants.- Galois Groups of Quadratics, Cubics, and Quartics.- Epilogue.- Appendix A: Group Theory Dictionary.- Appendix B: Group Theory Used in the Text.- Appendix C: Ruler-Compass Constructions.- Appendix D: Old-fashioned Galois Theory.- References. Index.