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Galois Theory, 4th Edition
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Galois Theory, 4th Edition

by Ian Nicholas Stewart
March 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
344 pages
10h 18m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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Chapter 2
The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
At the time of Galois, the natural setting for most mathematical investigations was the
complex number system. The real numbers were inadequate for many questions, be-
cause 1 has no real square root. The arithmetic, algebra, and—decisively—analysis
of complex numbers were richer, more elegant, and more complete than the corre-
sponding theories for real numbers.
In this chapter we establish one of the key properties of C, known as the Fun-
damental Theorem of Algebra. This theorem asserts that every polynomial equation
with coefficients in C has a solution in C. This theorem is, of course, false over R
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