THE FOUNDATION OF HILBERT'S THEOREM 90

KUMMER, F. F.

Über eine besondere Art, aus complexen Einheiten gebildeter Ausdrücke.

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1855. 4to. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 50 Band, 1-4. Heft, 1855". Entire year offered. Book plate to pasted down front free end-paper, library stamp to Fine and clean.

First printing of Kummer's paper which laid the foundation for Hilbert's Theorem 90 (or Satz 90). In abstract algebra Hilbert's Theorem 90 refers to an important result on cyclic extensions of fields that eventually leads to Kummer theory.

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