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The Book of Involutions
by Knus, Max-Albert and Alexander Merkurjev, Markus Rost, Jean-Pierre Tignol
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0821809040
- ISBN 13
- 9780821809044
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About This Item
Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1998 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxi (i), 593 (1) pp. Preface by J. Tits. Colloquium Publications, Volume 44: First Edition, 1998. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Inked name front pastedown. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 7.25" x 10.25". Decorative blue and white laminated boards. "This monograph is an exposition of the theory of central simple algebras with involution, in relation to linear algebraic groups. It provides the algebra-theoretic foundations for much of the recent work on linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields. Involutions are viewed as twisted forms of (hermitian) quadrics, leading to new developments on the model of the algebraic theory of quadratic forms.".
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005919
- Title
- The Book of Involutions
- Author
- Knus, Max-Albert and Alexander Merkurjev, Markus Rost, Jean-Pierre Tignol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0821809040
- ISBN 13
- 9780821809044
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Place of Publication
- Providence, RI
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- MATHEMATICS LINEAR ALGEBRIC GROUPS HERMITIAN FORMS HOMOLOGY THEORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- MATHEMATICS;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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