THE appearance of this book marks another stage in the improvement which is at last being effected in English treatises on elementary algebra. How different it is from the old-fashioned text-book will ...

At the risk of resurfacing near-traumatic feelings for any readers, I want to share the introduction to the first chapter of the undergraduate linear algebra textbook: I remember interrupting my ...

I don’t often encounter the words “philosophy” and “fun” right next to the term “algebra.” Nowadays, these words don’t seem to fit together comfortably. However, the three terms do appear in the title ...

THE history of the theory of algebraic forms gives a striking example of the fact that the germ of a mathematical doctrine may remain dormant for a long period, and then suddenly develop in a most ...