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082			_a100 _bLIV
100			_aLivio, Mario _951650
245			_aEquation that couldn't be solved : how mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry
260			_aNew York _bSimon & Schuster Paperbacks _c2006
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505			_aCONTENTS Preface xi 1. Symmetry 1 2. eyE s'dniM eht ni yrtemmyS 29 3. Never Forget This in the Midst of Your Equations 51 4. The Poverty-Stricken Mathematician 90 5. The Romantic Mathematician 112 6. Groups 158 7. Symmetry Rules 198 8. Who's the Most Symmetrical of Them All? 233 9. Requiem for a Romantic Genius 262 Appendix 1. Card Puzzle 277 Appendix 2. Solving a System of Two Linear Equations 278 Appendix 3. Diopbantus's Solution 280 Appendix 4. A Diophantine Equation 281 Appendix 5. Tartaglia's Verses and Formula 282 Appendix 6. Adriaan van Roomens Challenge 285 Appendix 7. Properties of the Roots of Quadratic Equations 286 Appendix 8. The Galois Family Tree 288 Appendix 9 . The 14-15 Puzzle 291 Appendix 10. Solution to the Matches Problem 292 Notes 293 References 309 Index 337
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891			_aGratis from Dr. Bharat Dave
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