TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cuoco,Al
AU  - Rotman,Joseph J.
TI  - Learning modern algebra: from early attempts to prove Fermat's last theorem 
T2  - MAA textbooks
SN  - 9781939512017
U1  - 512 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Mathematical Association of America
KW  - Algebra
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Early number theory --
2. Induction --
3. Renaissance --
4. Modular arithmetic --
5. Abstract algebra --
6. Arithmetic of polynomials --
7. Quotients, fields, and classical problems --
8. Cyclotomic integers --
9. Epilog --
Appendices
N2  - Learning Modern Algebra is designed for college students who want to teach mathematics in high school, but it can serve as a text for standard abstract algebra courses as well. [...] The presentation is organized historically: the Babylonians introduced Pythagorean triples to teach the Pythagorean theorem; these were classified by Diophantus, and eventually this led Fermat to conjecture his Last Theorem
ER  -